Quran 2:34 — Al-Baqara, verse 34
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When We told the angels, ‘Bow down before Adam,’ they all bowed. But not Iblis, who refused and was arrogant: he was one of the disobedient.
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ
wa-idh qul'nā lil'malāikati us'judū liādama fasajadū illā ib'līsa abā wa-is'takbara wakāna mina l-kāfirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when We said to the angels, 'Bow yourselves to Adam'; so they bowed themselves, save Iblis; he refused, and waxed proud, and so he became one of the unbelievers.
- Muhammad Asad
- And when We told the angels, "Prostrate yourselves before Adam!" -they all prostrated themselves, save Iblis, who refused and gloried in his arrogance: and thus he became one of those who deny the truth.
- Sahih International
- And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate before Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He refused and was arrogant and became of the disbelievers.
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 | أَبَىٰabā | He refused | أبي |
| 10 | وَٱسْتَكْبَرَwa-is'takbara | and was arrogant | كبر |
| 11 | وَكَانَwakāna | and became | كون |
| 12 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 13 | ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna | the disbelievers | كفر |