Quran 15:31 Surah Hijr ayat 31 Tafsir Ibn Katheer in English
﴿إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ﴾
[ الحجر: 31]
15:31 Except Iblees, he refused to be with those who prostrated.
Surah Al-Hijr in ArabicTafsir Surah Hijr ayat 31
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Quran 15:31 Tafsir Al-Jalalayn
except Iblīs the father of the jinn — he was standing among the angels he refused to be among those prostrating.
Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
Except Iblis (AL-Shaytan-to-be) who refused to join those who prostrated themselves in obeisance to Allah
Quran 15:31 Tafsir Ibn Kathir
And ( remember ) when your Lord said to the angels: "I am going to create a man ( Adam ) from dried ( sounding ) clay of altered mud.
( 28 )"So, when I have fashioned him completely and breathed into him ( Adam ) of My spirit ( the soul which I created for him, ) then fall down, prostrating yourselves before him.
( 29 )So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together ( 30 )Except Iblis ( Shaytan ) - he refused to be among the prostrate ( 31 )( Allah ) said: "O Iblis! What is your reason for not being among the prostrate? ( 32 )[ Iblis ] said: "I am not one to prostrate myself to a human, whom You created from dried ( sounding ) clay of altered mud.
( 33 )
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 لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِن صَلْصَالٍ 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,
قَالَ أَنَا 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
أَرَأَيْتَكَ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كَرَّمْتَ عَلَيَّ
( "Do you see this one whom You have honored above me..." )[ 17:62 ]
Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(15:31) except Iblis: he refused to join those who bowed down. *20
Except Iblees, he refused to be with meaning
*20) Please compare this passage ( vv.
30-43 ) with II: 30-39, IV: 117-120 and Vll: 11-25 and also refer to E.N.'s appended to these.
Tafsir Maarif-ul-Quran Mufti Muhammad Shafi
And ( remember ) when your Lord said to the angels: "I am going to create a man ( Adam ) from dried ( sounding ) clay of altered mud.
( 28 )"So, when I have fashioned him completely and breathed into him ( Adam ) of My spirit ( the soul which I created for him, ) then fall down, prostrating yourselves before him.
( 29 )So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together ( 30 )Except Iblis ( Shaytan ) - he refused to be among the prostrate ( 31 )( Allah ) said: "O Iblis! What is your reason for not being among the prostrate? ( 32 )[ Iblis ] said: "I am not one to prostrate myself to a human, whom You created from dried ( sounding ) clay of altered mud.
( 33 )
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 لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِن صَلْصَالٍ 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,
قَالَ أَنَا 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
أَرَأَيْتَكَ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كَرَّمْتَ عَلَيَّ
( "Do you see this one whom You have honored above me..." )[ 17:62 ]
Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
( Save Iblis ), their chief. ( He refused ) he felt too proud ( to be among the prostrate ) to Adam ( pbuh ).
Muhammad Taqiud-Din alHilali
Except Iblis (Satan), - he refused to be among the prostrators.
We try our best to translate, keeping in mind the Italian saying: "Traduttore, traditore", which means: "Translation is a betrayal of the original text".
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