Quran 38:75 — Saad, verse 75
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God said, ‘Iblis, what prevents you from bowing down to the man I have made with My own hands? Are you too high and mighty?’
قَالَ يَا إِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ ۖ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الْعَالِينَ
qāla yāib'līsu mā manaʿaka an tasjuda limā khalaqtu biyadayya astakbarta am kunta mina l-ʿālīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Said He, 'Iblis, what prevented thee to bow thyself before that I created with My own hands? Hast thou waxed proud, or art thou of the lofty ones?'
- Muhammad Asad
- Said He: “O Iblis! What has kept thee from prostrating thyself before that [being] which I have created with My hands? Art thou too proud [to bow down before another created being], or art thou of those who think [only] of themselves as high?”
- Sahih International
- [Allāh] said, "O Iblees, what prevented you from prostrating to that which I created with My hands? Were you arrogant [then], or were you [already] among the haughty?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | يَـٰٓإِبْلِيسُyāib'līsu | O Iblis | — |
| 3 | مَاmā | What | — |
| 4 | مَنَعَكَmanaʿaka | prevented you | منع |
| 5 | أَنan | that | — |
| 6 | تَسْجُدَtasjuda | you (should) prostrate | سجد |
| 7 | لِمَاlimā | to (one) whom | — |
| 8 | خَلَقْتُkhalaqtu | I created | خلق |
| 9 | بِيَدَىَّ ۖbiyadayya | with My Hands | يدي |
| 10 | أَسْتَكْبَرْتَastakbarta | Are you arrogant | كبر |
| 11 | أَمْam | or | — |
| 12 | كُنتَkunta | are you | كون |
| 13 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 14 | ٱلْعَالِينَl-ʿālīna | the exalted ones | علو |