Surah Ta-Ha 20:116 — translation and meaning
طه · Verse 116 / 135 · Page 320
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبَى
Word by Word
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
قُلْنَا
qul'na
We said
لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ
lil'malaikati
to the Angels
اسْجُدُوا
us'judu
Prostrate
لِآدَمَ
liadama
to Adam
فَسَجَدُوا
fasajadu
then they prostrated
إِلَّا
illa
except
إِبْلِيسَ
ib'lisa
Iblis
أَبَى
aba
he refused
Transliteration
Wa iz qulnaa lilma laaa'ikatis judoo li Aadama fasajadooo illaaa Iblees; abaa
Translation
And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except Iblees; he refused.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
And remember, O Messenger, when I said to the angels: “Prostrate to Adam as a greeting”. All of them prostrated besides Iblis, who was with them but not from them. He refused to prostrate out of arrogance.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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