Surah: 38. Sad

Thereat the angels prostrated all of them together there are two emphases here kulluhum and ajma‘ūn;

except Iblīs the father of the jinn who was among the audience of angels; he was disdainful and he was one of the disbelievers according to God’s knowledge exalted be He.

He said ‘O Iblīs! What prevents you from prostrating before that which I have created with My own hands? in other words whose creation I Myself have undertaken. This in itself is an honour for Adam as God has Himself undertaken the unmediated creation of all creatures. Are you being arrogant now in refraining from […]

He said ‘I am better than him. You created me from fire and You created him from clay’.

He said ‘Then begone hence that is from Paradise — or it is said begone from the heavens — for you are indeed accursed outcast.

And indeed My curse shall be on you until the Day of Judgement’ the Day of Requital.

Say to them ‘It is a tremendous tiding

from which you are turning away namely the Qur’ān of which I have informed you and in which I have brought you what can only be known by revelation and that is God’s saying

I had no knowledge of the High Council that is to say of the angels when they disputed in the matter of Adam when God exalted be He said to them ‘I am appointing on earth a vicegerent’ to the end of the verse Q. 230.

All that is revealed to me is that I am just a plain warner’ one whose warning is clear.