Ayah 12

Surah Al-A'raaf

[Allah] 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."﴿12﴾

Translation

[Allah] 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."

Simplified Tafsir

قال تعالى منكرًا على إبليس تَرْكَ السجود: ما منعك ألا تسجد إذ أمرتك؟ فقال إبليس: أنا أفضل منه خلقًا؛ لأني مخلوق من نار، وهو مخلوق من طين. فرأى أن النار أشرف من الطين.

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