Verse 38:79 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
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
78
وَإِنَّ عَلَیۡكَ لَعۡنَتِیۤ إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ ٱلدِّینِ ٧٨
wa-inna ʿalayka laʿnatī ilā yawmi l-dīn
My rejection will follow you till the Day of Judgement!’
79
قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرۡنِیۤ إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ یُبۡعَثُونَ ٧٩
qāla rabbi fa-anẓir'nī ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūn
but Iblis said, ‘My Lord, grant me respite until the Day when they are raised from the dead,’
80
قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنظَرِینَ ٨٠
qāla fa-innaka mina l-munẓarīn
so He said, ‘You have respit
81
إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ ٱلۡوَقۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡلُومِ ٨١
ilā yawmi l-waqti l-maʿlūm
till the Appointed Day.’
82
قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغۡوِیَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ ٨٢
qāla fabiʿizzatika la-ugh'wiyannahum ajmaʿīn
Iblis said, ‘I swear by Your might! I will tempt al
83
إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنۡهُمُ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِینَ ٨٣
illā ʿibādaka min'humu l-mukh'laṣīn
but Your true servants.’
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