Surah 15 Al-Hijr — Ayah 33
قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍۢ مِّنْ حَمَإٍۢ مَّسْنُونٍۢ
Цо (иблисо) элира: "Со хир дац сужд деш адамна‚ Ахьа ша кхоьллина долчу бекъачу, ша нисбина хиллачу поппарх".
qāla lam akun li-asjuda libasharin khalaqtahu min ṣalṣālin min ḥama-in masnūnin
Word by word
- قَالَ qāla He said
- لَمْ lam I am not
- أَكُن akun I am not
- لِّأَسْجُدَ li-asjuda (one) to prostrate
- لِبَشَرٍ libasharin to a human
- خَلَقْتَهُۥ khalaqtahu whom You created
- مِن min (out) of
- صَلْصَـٰلٍۢ ṣalṣālin clay
- مِّنْ min from
- حَمَإٍۢ ḥama-in black mud
- مَّسْنُونٍۢ masnūnin altered
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The creation of Adam, the Command to the Angels to prostrate to Him, and the Rebellion of Iblis
Allah 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. This is why Iblis said:
(I am not one to prostrate myself to a human, whom You created from dried (sounding) clay of altered mud.) this is like when he said,
(I am better than him (Adam), You created me from Fire and him You created from clay.)(7:12) and
("Do you see this one whom You have honored above me...") 17:62