Surah Hijr ayat 28 Tafsir Quran 15:28

﴿وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ﴾
[ الحجر: 28]

15:28 And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.

And mention when your Lord said to the angels ‘Indeed I am going to create a mortal out of a dry clay drawn from a malleable mud.

And for once did Allah say to the angels: I am on the point of creating a human from dried clay, the product of dark modelling clay that has been polished

The creation of Adam, the Command to the Angels to prostrate to Him, and the Rebellion of Iblis Allah informs us of how He mentioned Adam to His angels before He created him, and how He honored him by commanding the angels to prostrate to him.
He mentions how His enemy Iblis, amidst all the angels, refused to prostrate to him out of envy, disbelief, stubbornness, arrogance, and false pride.
This is why Iblis said: لَمْ أَكُن لاًّسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِن صَلْصَـلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ ( I am not one to prostrate myself to a human, whom You created from dried (sounding ) clay of altered mud.) this is like when he said, أَنَاْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِي مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِن طِينٍ ( I am better than him (Adam ), You created me from Fire and him You created from clay.)( 7:12 ) and أَرَءَيْتَكَ هَـذَا الَّذِى كَرَّمْتَ عَلَىَّ ( "Do you see this one whom You have honored above me..." ) 17:62

The creation of Adam, the Command to the Angels to prostrate to Him, and the Rebellion of Iblis Allah informs us of how He mentioned Adam to His angels before He created him, and how He honored him by commanding the angels to prostrate to him.
He mentions how His enemy Iblis, amidst all the angels, refused to prostrate to him out of envy, disbelief, stubbornness, arrogance, and false pride.
This is why Iblis said: لَمْ أَكُن لاًّسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِن صَلْصَـلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ ( I am not one to prostrate myself to a human, whom You created from dried (sounding ) clay of altered mud.) this is like when he said, أَنَاْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِي مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِن طِينٍ ( I am better than him (Adam ), You created me from Fire and him You created from clay.)( 7:12 ) and أَرَءَيْتَكَ هَـذَا الَّذِى كَرَّمْتَ عَلَىَّ ( "Do you see this one whom You have honored above me..." ) 17:62

( And (remember ) when thy Lord said unto the angels) who were on the earth, there were 10,000 of them: ( Lo! I am creating a mortal out of potter’s clay of black mud altered ) of stinking mud.

And (remember) when your Lord said to the angels: "I am going to create a man (Adam) from sounding clay of altered black smooth mud.

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