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Al-A'raf (The Heights) · Ayah 12

قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ ۖ قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ 12

[Allāh] 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 [i.e., earth]."

قَالَqāla(Allah) said
مَاWhat
noun
مَنَعَكَmanaʿakaprevented you
أَلَّاallāthat not
تَسْجُدَtasjudayou prostrate
إِذْidhwhen
noun
أَمَرْتُكَ ۖamartukaI commanded you
قَالَqāla(Shaitaan) said
أَنَا۠anāI am
noun
خَيْرٌۭkhayrunbetter
مِّنْهُmin'huthan him
noun
خَلَقْتَنِىkhalaqtanīYou created me
مِنminfrom
نَّارٍۢnārinfire
وَخَلَقْتَهُۥwakhalaqtahuand You created him
مِنminfrom
طِينٍۢṭīninclay
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