Quran 15:33 — Al-Hijr, verse 33
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and he answered, ‘I will not bow to a mortal You created from dried clay, formed from dark mud.’
قَالَ لَمْ أَكُنْ لِأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِنْ حَمَإٍ مَسْنُونٍ
qāla lam akun li-asjuda libasharin khalaqtahu min ṣalṣālin min ḥama-in masnūnin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Said he, 'I would never bow myself before a mortal whom Thou hast created of a clay of mud moulded.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [Iblis] replied: "It is not for me to prostrate myself before mortal man whom Thou hast created out of sounding clay, out of dark slime transmuted!"
- Sahih International
- He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | لَمْlam | I am not | — |
| 3 | أَكُنakun | I am not | كون |
| 4 | لِّأَسْجُدَli-asjuda | (one) to prostrate | سجد |
| 5 | لِبَشَرٍlibasharin | to a human | بشر |
| 6 | خَلَقْتَهُۥkhalaqtahu | whom You created | خلق |
| 7 | مِنmin | (out) of | — |
| 8 | صَلْصَـٰلٍۢṣalṣālin | clay | صلصل |
| 9 | مِّنْmin | from | — |
| 10 | حَمَإٍۢḥama-in | black mud | حمأ |
| 11 | مَّسْنُونٍۢmasnūnin | altered | سنن |