The Heights, The Elevated Places — Verse 12

7:12 · al-A`raf

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The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:12

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Arabic English Morphology
قَالَ qāla
(Allah) said V
مَا mā
What Noun
مَنَعَكَ manaʿaka
prevented you V
أَلَّا allā
that not Prep
تَسْجُدَ tasjuda
you prostrate V
إِذْ idh
when Noun
أَمَرْتُكَ amartuka
I commanded you V
قَالَ qāla
(Shaitaan) 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

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.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسۡجُدَ إِذۡ أَمَرۡتُكَۖ قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَیۡرࣱ مِّنۡهُ خَلَقۡتَنِی مِن نَّارࣲ وَخَلَقۡتَهُۥ مِن طِینࣲ ۝١٢

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

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