Surah Hijr ayat 29 Tafsir Quran 15:29

﴿فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدِينَ﴾
[ الحجر: 29]

15:29 And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."

So when I have proportioned him completed him and breathed caused to flow of My Spirit in him so that he becomes a living thing — the annexation of ‘the Spirit’ to him is a conferring of honour upon Adam — fall down in prostration before him!’ a prostration meant as an act of salutation by bowing.

And when I have fashioned it and furnished it with a definite shape and imparted to it My spirit, then prostrate yourselves to him in reverence and admiration

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

(15:29) When I have brought him to perfection and breathed of My spirit *19 into him, you should bow down before him all together."

And when I have proportioned him and meaning

*19) " ....( when I have ) breathed of My spirit into him.... ": " ....( when I have ) cast a reflection of My Divine characteristics on him....
" This shows that the soul of tnan implies " life, knowledge, power, will, discretion and other human characteristics in the aggregate.
These are in reality a slight reflection of Divine characteristics that has been cast on the human body, which was originally created from dried clay.
And it is this Divine reflection on the human body which has raised him to the position of the Vicegerent of Allah and made him that worthy being before whom angels and every earthly thing should bow down.

As a matter of fact, the source of each characteristic of everything is one Divine characteristic or the other, as is borne by a Tradition: `Allah divided Mercy into one hundred parts: then He reserved ninety-nine parts for Himself and sent down the remaining one part to the Earth.
It is because of that one part that the creatures show mercy to one another.
So much so that it is due to this that an animal refrains from placing the hoof on its young ones. "
In this connection one has to be on strict guard against the notion that the possession of a part of any Divine characteristic amounts to the possession of a part of Godhead.
This is because Godhead is absolutely beyond the reach of each and every creation.

 

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

( So, when I have made him ) so when I created his hands, legs, eyes and the rest of him ( and have breathed into him of My Spirit ) and placed the spirit into him, ( do ye fall down, prostrating yourselves unto him ) as a greeting.

"So, when I have fashioned him completely and breathed into him (Adam) the soul which I created for him, then fall (you) down prostrating yourselves unto him."

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