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Al-Hijr (The Rocky Tract)

Verse 33of 99

قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍۢ مِّنْ حَمَإٍۢ مَّسْنُونٍۢ﴿٣٣

Translation (Sahih International)

He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe said
لَمْlamI am not
أَكُنakunI am not
لِّأَسْجُدَli-asjuda(one) to prostrate
لِبَشَرٍlibasharinto a human
خَلَقْتَهُۥkhalaqtahuwhom You created
مِنmin(out) of
صَلْصَـٰلٍۢṣalṣālinclay
مِّنْminfrom
حَمَإٍۢḥama-inblack mud
مَّسْنُونٍۢmasnūninaltered

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The creation of Adam, the Command to the Angels to prostrate to Him, and the Rebellion of IblisAllah informs us of how He mentioned Adam to His angels before He created him, and how He honored him by commanding the angels to prostrate to him. He mentions how His enemy Iblis, amidst all the angels, refused to prostrate to him out of envy, disbelief, stubbornness, arrogance, and false pride.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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