Surah 17 Al-Israa — Ayah 61
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِءَادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ قَالَ ءَأَسْجُدُ لِمَنْ خَلَقْتَ طِينًۭا
මලායිකාවරුන්ට “ආදම්ට සුජූද් කරනු” යයි අපි පැවසූ අවස්ථාවේදී ඉබ්ලීස් හැර (මලායිකාවරුන් සියල්ල) සුජූද් කළහ. ඔහු නම්, (මා හට) “ඔබ මැටියෙන් නිර්මාණය කළ අයට මා සුජූද් කරන්නද?”යි පැවසුවේය.
wa-idh qul'nā lil'malāikati us'judū liādama fasajadū illā ib'līsa qāla a-asjudu liman khalaqta ṭīnan
Word by word
- وَإِذْ wa-idh And when
- قُلْنَا qul'nā We said
- لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ lil'malāikati to the Angels
- ٱسْجُدُوا۟ us'judū Prostrate
- لِـَٔادَمَ liādama to Adam
- فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ fasajadū So they prostrated
- إِلَّآ illā except
- إِبْلِيسَ ib'līsa Iblis
- قَالَ qāla He said
- ءَأَسْجُدُ a-asjudu Shall I prostrate
- لِمَنْ liman to (one) whom
- خَلَقْتَ khalaqta You created
- طِينًۭا ṭīnan (from) clay
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Story of Adam and Iblis
Allah mentions here the enmity of Iblis, may the curse of Allah be upon him and his progeny. This is an ancient hatred, dating from the time that Allah created Adam, when He commanded the angels to prostrate to Adam, and all of them prostrated except Iblis, who was too arrogant and he haughtily refused to prostrate to him. He said in a tone indicating contempt:
(He said: "Shall I prostrate myself to one whom You created from clay") According to another Ayah, he said:
(I am better than he. You created me from fire, and You created him from clay.) 7:12 He also said, speaking to the Lord with disbelief and insolence, but the Lord bore it patiently:
(He said: "See this one whom You have honored above me...") `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "He is saying, `I am going to dominate his offspring, all but a few."' Mujahid said (it means), "I am going to surround them." Ibn Zayd said (it means), "I am going to lead them astray." All of them are close in meaning, and the meaning of the Ayah is, "Do You see this one whom You have honored and made greater than me If You give me time, I will lead his descendants astray, all but a few of them."