Verse 38:73 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
69
مَا كَانَ لِیَ مِنۡ عِلۡمِۭ بِٱلۡمَلَإِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰۤ إِذۡ یَخۡتَصِمُونَ ٦٩
mā kāna liya min ʿil'min bil-mala-i l-aʿlā idh yakhtaṣimūn
I have no knowledge of what those on high discuss
70
إِن یُوحَىٰۤ إِلَیَّ إِلَّاۤ أَنَّمَاۤ أَنَا۠ نَذِیرࣱ مُّبِینٌ ٧٠
in yūḥā ilayya illā annamā anā nadhīrun mubīnu
it is only revealed to me that I am here to give clear warning.’
71
إِذۡ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةِ إِنِّی خَـٰلِقُۢ بَشَرࣰا مِّن طِینࣲ ٧١
idh qāla rabbuka lil'malāikati innī khāliqun basharan min ṭīni
Your Lord said to the angels, ‘I will create a man from clay
72
فَإِذَا سَوَّیۡتُهُۥ وَنَفَخۡتُ فِیهِ مِن رُّوحِی فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَـٰجِدِینَ ٧٢
fa-idhā sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu fīhi min rūḥī faqaʿū lahu sājidīn
When I have shaped him and breathed from My Spirit into him, bow down before him.’
73
فَسَجَدَ ٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةُ كُلُّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعُونَ ٧٣
fasajada l-malāikatu kulluhum ajmaʿūn
The angels all bowed down together
74
إِلَّاۤ إِبۡلِیسَ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ ٧٤
illā ib'līsa is'takbara wakāna mina l-kāfirīn
but not Iblis, who was too proud. He became a rebel
75
قَالَ یَـٰۤإِبۡلِیسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسۡجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقۡتُ بِیَدَیَّۖ أَسۡتَكۡبَرۡتَ أَمۡ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَالِینَ ٧٥
qāla yāib'līsu mā manaʿaka an tasjuda limā khalaqtu biyadayya astakbarta am kunta mina l-ʿālīn
God said, ‘Iblis, what prevents you from bowing down to the man I have made with My own hands? Are you too high and mighty?’
76
قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَیۡرࣱ مِّنۡهُ خَلَقۡتَنِی مِن نَّارࣲ وَخَلَقۡتَهُۥ مِن طِینࣲ ٧٦
qāla anā khayrun min'hu khalaqtanī min nārin wakhalaqtahu min ṭīni
Iblis said, ‘I am better than him: You made me from fire, and him from clay.’
77
قَالَ فَٱخۡرُجۡ مِنۡهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِیمࣱ ٧٧
qāla fa-ukh'ruj min'hā fa-innaka rajīmu
‘Get out of here! You are rejected
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