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The Letter Sad 38:76

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Arabic	English	Morphology
قَالَ qāla	He said	V
أَنَا۠ anā	I am	Noun
خَيْرٌ khayrun	better	Noun
مِّنْهُ min'hu	than him	Prep
خَلَقْتَنِى khalaqtanī	You created me	V
مِن min	from	Prep
نَّارٍ nārin	fire	Noun
وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ wakhalaqtahu	and You created him	V
مِن min	from	Prep
طِينٍ ṭīnin	clay	Noun

Iblis said, ‘I am better than him: You made me from fire, and him from clay.’

— Abdel Haleem

قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَیۡرࣱ مِّنۡهُ خَلَقۡتَنِی مِن نَّارࣲ وَخَلَقۡتَهُۥ مِن طِینࣲ ۝٧٦

qāla anā khayrun min'hu khalaqtanī min nārin wakhalaqtahu min ṭīni

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قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ ۖ قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ

qāla mā manaʿaka allā tasjuda idh amartuka qāla anā khayrun min'hu khalaqtanī min nārin wakhalaqtahu min ṭīni

God said, ‘What prevented you from bowing down as I commanded you?’ and he said, ‘I am better than him: You created me from fire and him from clay.’