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Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

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We created you, We gave you shape, and then We said to the angels, ‘Bow down before Adam,’ and they did. But not Iblis: he was not one of those who bowed down

Abdel Haleem	Arabic	Root / Link	Morphology
And certainly	وَلَقَدْ (walaqad)	ق د	Prep. Prep
We created you	خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ (khalaqnākum)	خ ل ق	Verb V
then	ثُمَّ (thumma)	ث م	Prep. Prep
We fashioned you	صَوَّرْنَٰكُمْ (ṣawwarnākum)	ص و ر	Verb V
Then	ثُمَّ (thumma)	ث م	Prep. Prep
We said	قُلْنَا (qul'nā)	ق و ل	Verb V
to the Angels	لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ (lil'malāikati)	م ل ك	Noun Noun
Prostrate	ٱسْجُدُوا۟ (us'judū)	س ج د	Verb V
to Adam	لِءَادَمَ (liādama)	أ د م	Noun Noun
So they prostrated	فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ (fasajadū)	س ج د	Verb V
except	إِلَّآ (illā)	إ ل ا	Prep. Prep
Iblis	إِبْلِيسَ (ib'līsa)	إ ب ل ي س	Noun Noun
Not	لَمْ (lam)	ل م	Prep. Prep
he was	يَكُن (yakun)	ك و ن	Verb V
of	مِّنَ (mina)	م ن	Prep. Prep
those who prostrated	ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ (l-sājidīna)	س ج د	Noun Noun

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Surah: The Heights, The Elevated Places
Verse: 7:11
Juz: 8-9
Revelation: Meccan
Revelation Order: 39
Translations: 65
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Root Words in This Verse

خلق (خَلَقَ)
صور (صَوَّرَ)
قول (قالَ)
ملك (مَلَك)
سجد (سَجَدَ)
أدم (آدَم)
كون (كانَ)

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20:116 38%

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ

wa-idh qul'nā lil'malāikati us'judū liādama fasajadū illā ib'līsa ab

When We said to the angels, ‘Bow down before Adam,’ they did. But Iblis refused

2:34 30%

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

wa-idh qul'nā lil'malāikati us'judū liādama fasajadū illā ib'līsa abā wa-is'takbara wakāna mina l-kāfirīn

When We told the angels, ‘Bow down before Adam,’ they all bowed. But not Iblis, who refused and was arrogant: he was one of the disobedient

17:61 30%

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ قَالَ ءَأَسْجُدُ لِمَنْ خَلَقْتَ طِينًا

wa-idh qul'nā lil'malāikati us'judū liādama fasajadū illā ib'līsa qāla a-asjudu liman khalaqta ṭīna

When We said to the angels, ‘Bow down before Adam,’ they all bowed down, but not Iblis. He retorted, ‘Why should I bow down to someone You have created out of clay?’

18:50 18%

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِۦٓ ۗ أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُۥ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِى وَهُمْ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّۢ ۚ بِئْسَ لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ بَدَلًا

wa-idh qul'nā lil'malāikati us'judū liādama fasajadū illā ib'līsa kāna mina l-jini fafasaqa ʿan amri rabbihi afatattakhidhūnahu wadhurriyyatahu awliyāa min dūnī wahum lakum ʿaduwwun bi'sa lilẓẓālimīna badala

We said to the angels, ‘Bow down before Adam,’ and they all bowed down, but not Iblis: he was one of the jinn and he disobeyed his Lord’s command. Are you [people] going to take him and his offspring as your masters instead of Me, even though they are your enemies? What a bad bargain for the evildoers

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Word Analysis — The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:11

Abdel Haleem Word Analysis