Surah Al Isra ayat 61 Tafsir Quran 17:61

﴿وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ قَالَ أَأَسْجُدُ لِمَنْ خَلَقْتَ طِينًا﴾
[ الإسراء: 61]

17:61 And [mention] when We said to the angles, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He said, "Should I prostrate to one You created from clay?"

And mention when We said to the angels ‘Prostrate yourselves before Adam’ a prostration of salutation by inclining oneself and so they all prostrated themselves except Iblīs he said ‘Shall I prostrate myself before one whom You have created from clay?’ tīnan is in the accusative because the operator of the oblique min ‘of’ has been omitted in other words it would normally be min tīnin.

We said to the angels: Prostrate yourselves to Adam in adoration, and they prostrated to him in comely order, praise and admiration except Iblis AL- Shaytan-to-be who said: Shall I prostrate myself before him whom You created from clay

The Story of Adam and Iblis Allah mentions here the enmity of Iblis, may the curse of Allah be upon him and his progeny.
This is an ancient hatred, dating from the time that Allah created Adam, when He commanded the angels to prostrate to Adam, and all of them prostrated except Iblis, who was too arrogant and he haughtily refused to prostrate to him.
He said in a tone indicating contempt: قَالَ أَءَسْجُدُ لِمَنْ خَلَقْتَ طِينًا ( He said: "Shall I prostrate myself to one whom You created from clay" ) According to another Ayah, he said: أَنَاْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِي مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِن طِينٍ ( I am better than he.
You created me from fire, and You created him from clay. ) 7:12 He also said, speaking to the Lord with disbelief and insolence, but the Lord bore it patiently: قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَكَ هَـذَا الَّذِى كَرَّمْتَ عَلَىَّ ( He said: "See this one whom You have honored above me..." ) `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "He is saying, `I am going to dominate his offspring, all but a few."' Mujahid said ( it means ), "I am going to surround them." Ibn Zayd said ( it means ), "I am going to lead them astray." All of them are close in meaning, and the meaning of the Ayah is, "Do You see this one whom You have honored and made greater than me If You give me time, I will lead his descendants astray, all but a few of them."

(17:61) And remember: when We commanded the angels, *73 "Bow yourselves before Adam," all bowed down but Iblis. *74

And [mention] when We said to the meaning

*73) That is, We showed you such things during the Mi'raj so that they should have the first hand knowledge of the Reality from a truthful and honest man like you and be warned by it to the Right Way.
They, however, began to make fun of you, though We had already warned them through you that their evil ways would force them to eat of the Az-Zaqqum.
Instead of this they began to scoff at you, saying, Just consider the logic of this man: on the one hand, he says that there an awful fire burning in Hell and, on the other, he says that trees are growing in it' .
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*74) Please also refer to II: 30-39, IV: 117-122, VII: 11-25, XIV: 22, XV:26-43
This story has been cited here to impress upon the disbelievers that their attitude of arrogance and indifference towards AIIah is exactly the same as was adopted by Satan; As a matter of fact, they were following Satan who is the avowed enemy of man, and were being entangled in the snare spread by him who had challenged the progeny of Adam at the very beginning of human history that he would allure and ruin them.

 

The Story of Adam and Iblis Allah mentions here the enmity of Iblis, may the curse of Allah be upon him and his progeny.
This is an ancient hatred, dating from the time that Allah created Adam, when He commanded the angels to prostrate to Adam, and all of them prostrated except Iblis, who was too arrogant and he haughtily refused to prostrate to him.
He said in a tone indicating contempt: قَالَ أَءَسْجُدُ لِمَنْ خَلَقْتَ طِينًا ( He said: "Shall I prostrate myself to one whom You created from clay" ) According to another Ayah, he said: أَنَاْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِي مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِن طِينٍ ( I am better than he.
You created me from fire, and You created him from clay. ) 7:12 He also said, speaking to the Lord with disbelief and insolence, but the Lord bore it patiently: قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَكَ هَـذَا الَّذِى كَرَّمْتَ عَلَىَّ ( He said: "See this one whom You have honored above me..." ) `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "He is saying, `I am going to dominate his offspring, all but a few."' Mujahid said ( it means ), "I am going to surround them." Ibn Zayd said ( it means ), "I am going to lead them astray." All of them are close in meaning, and the meaning of the Ayah is, "Do You see this one whom You have honored and made greater than me If You give me time, I will lead his descendants astray, all but a few of them."

( And when We said unto the angels ) who were on the earth: ( Fall down prostrate before Adam ) a prostration of greeting ( and they fell prostrate all save Iblis, he said: Shall I fall prostrate before that which Thou hast created of clay? )

And (remember) when We said to the angels: "Prostrate unto Adam." They prostrated except Iblis (Satan). He said: "Shall I prostrate to one whom You created from clay?"

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