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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

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وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِءَادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِۦٓ ۗ أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُۥ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِى وَهُمْ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّۢ ۚ بِئْسَ لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ بَدَلًۭا﴿٥٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was of the jinn and departed from the command of his Lord. Then will you take him and his descendants as allies other than Me while they are enemies to you? Wretched it is for the wrongdoers as an exchange.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
قُلْنَاqul'nāWe said
لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikatito the Angels
ٱسْجُدُوا۟us'judūProstrate
لِـَٔادَمَliādamato Adam
فَسَجَدُوٓا۟fasajadūso they prostrated
إِلَّآillāexcept
إِبْلِيسَib'līsaIblis
كَانَkāna(He) was
مِنَminaof
ٱلْجِنِّl-jinithe jinn
فَفَسَقَfafasaqaand he rebelled
عَنْʿanagainst
أَمْرِamrithe Command
رَبِّهِۦٓ ۗrabbihi(of) his Lord
أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُۥafatattakhidhūnahuWill you then take him
وَذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓwadhurriyyatahuand his offspring
أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa(as) protectors
مِنminother than Me
دُونِىdūnīother than Me
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
لَكُمْlakum(are) to you
عَدُوٌّۢ ۚʿaduwwunenemies
بِئْسَbi'saWretched
لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَlilẓẓālimīnafor the wrongdoers
بَدَلًۭاbadalan(is) the exchange

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of Adam and IblisAllah points out to the Children of Adam the enmity of Iblis towards them and their father before them, and rebukes those who follow him and go against their Creator and Master. It is He who created them from nothing and sustains and nourishes them by His kindness, yet they still took Iblis as their friend and declared their enmity towards Allah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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