[Allah] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan]

surah Araf aya 12 , English translation of the meaning Ayah.

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English Translation of the Meanings by Muhammad Muhsin Khan and Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali , Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi & English - Sahih International : surah Araf aya 12 in arabic text(The Heights).

Verse 12 from surah Al-Araf

﴿قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ ۖ قَالَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِي مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِن طِينٍ﴾
[ الأعراف: 12]

English - Sahih International

7:12 [Allah] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."

Tafsir Ibn Katheer in English

Abridged Explanation of the Quran

Allah asked Satan rebuking him: 'What stopped you from following My command to bow down to Adam?' Satan said: 'What prevented me is that I am better than Adam: You created me from fire and Adam from mud, and fire is greater then mud.
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Muhammad Taqiud-Din alHilali

(Allah) said: "What prevented you (O Iblis) that you did not prostrate, when I commanded you?" Iblis said: "I am better than him (Adam), You created me from fire, and him You created from clay."

phonetic Transliteration

Qala ma manaAAaka alla tasjuda ith amartuka qala ana khayrun minhu khalaqtanee min narin wakhalaqtahu min teenin

Abdullah Yusuf Ali - Translation

(Allah) said: "What prevented thee from prostrating when I commanded thee?" He said: "I am better than he: Thou didst create me from fire, and him from clay."

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

(Allah) said: "What prevented you (O Iblis) that you did not prostrate, when I commanded you" Iblis said: "I am better than him (Adam), You created me from fire, and him You created from clay."

Page 152 English transliteration

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7:12 [Allah] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] translate in arabic

» tafsir Tafheem-ul-Quran ,Maududi

قال ما منعك ألا تسجد إذ أمرتك قال أنا خير منه خلقتني من نار وخلقته من طين

سورة: الأعراف - آية: ( 12 ) - جزء: ( 8 ) - صفحة: ( 152 )

Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim

Then Allah asked: What prompted you AL-Shaytan not to prostrate to Adam when I commanded you to do so!. But I am of a better sort than he is. Said AL-Shaytan; You created me from fire whereas You created him from clay

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(7:12) Allah said: 'What prevented you from prostrating, when I commanded you to do so?' He said: 'I am better than he. You created me from fire, and him You created from clay.'