Quran 18:50 — Al-Kahf, verse 50
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We said to the angels, ‘Bow down before Adam,’ and they all bowed down, but not Iblis: he was one of the jinn and he disobeyed his Lord’s command. Are you [people] going to take him and his offspring as your masters instead of Me, even though they are your enemies? What a bad bargain for the evildoers!
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ كَانَ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِ ۗ أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِنْ دُونِي وَهُمْ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ ۚ بِئْسَ لِلظَّالِمِينَ بَدَلًا
wa-idh qul'nā lil'malāikati us'judū liādama fasajadū illā ib'līsa kāna mina l-jini fafasaqa ʿan amri rabbihi afatattakhidhūnahu wadhurriyyatahu awliyāa min dūnī wahum lakum ʿaduwwun bi'sa lilẓẓālimīna badalan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when We said to the angels, 'Bow yourselves to Adam'; so they bowed themselves, save Iblis; he was one of the jinn, and committed ungodliness against his Lord's command. What, and do you take him and his seed to be your friends, apart from Me, and they an enemy to you? How evil is that exchange for the evildoers!
- Muhammad Asad
- AND [remember that] when We told the angels, "Prostrate yourselves before Adam," they all prostrated themselves, save Iblis: he [too] was one of those invisible beings, but then he turned away from his Sustainer's command. Will you, then, take him and his cohorts for (your], masters instead of Me, although they are your foe? How vile an exchange on the evildoers' part!
- Sahih International
- And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was of the jinn and departed from [i.e., disobeyed] the command of his Lord. Then will you take him and his descendants as allies other than Me while they are enemies to you? Wretched it is for the wrongdoers as an exchange.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | قُلْنَاqul'nā | We said | قول |
| 3 | لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikati | to the Angels | ملك |
| 4 | ٱسْجُدُوا۟us'judū | Prostrate | سجد |
| 5 | لِـَٔادَمَliādama | to Adam | — |
| 6 | فَسَجَدُوٓا۟fasajadū | so they prostrated | سجد |
| 7 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 8 | إِبْلِيسَib'līsa | Iblis | — |
| 9 | كَانَkāna | (He) was | كون |
| 10 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 11 | ٱلْجِنِّl-jini | the jinn | جنن |
| 12 | فَفَسَقَfafasaqa | and he rebelled | فسق |
| 13 | عَنْʿan | against | — |
| 14 | أَمْرِamri | the Command | أمر |
| 15 | رَبِّهِۦٓ ۗrabbihi | (of) his Lord | ربب |
| 16 | أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُۥafatattakhidhūnahu | Will you then take him | أخذ |
| 17 | وَذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓwadhurriyyatahu | and his offspring | ذرر |
| 18 | أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa | (as) protectors | ولي |
| 19 | مِنmin | other than Me | — |
| 20 | دُونِىdūnī | other than Me | دون |
| 21 | وَهُمْwahum | while they | — |
| 22 | لَكُمْlakum | (are) to you | — |
| 23 | عَدُوٌّۢ ۚʿaduwwun | enemies | عدو |
| 24 | بِئْسَbi'sa | Wretched | بأس |
| 25 | لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَlilẓẓālimīna | for the wrongdoers | ظلم |
| 26 | بَدَلًۭاbadalan | (is) the exchange | بدل |