Surah 15 · verse 31

Al-Hijr 15:31

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إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ

illa iblis aba an yakun ma'a as-sajidin

Except Iblees, he refused to be with those who prostrated.

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Context in the surah

Verse 28

وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.

Verse 29

فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدِينَ

And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."

Verse 30

فَسَجَدَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ

So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,

Verse 31

إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ

Except Iblees, he refused to be with those who prostrated.

Verse 32

قَالَ يَا إِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ

[Allah] said, O Iblees, what is [the matter] with you that you are not with those who prostrate?"

Verse 33

قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

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

Verse 34

قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ

[Allah] said, "Then get out of it, for indeed, you are expelled.