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Quran 7:11 — Al-A'raaf, verse 11

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

We created you, We gave you shape, and then We said to the angels, ‘Bow down before Adam,’ and they did. But not Iblis: he was not one of those who bowed down.

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَاكُمْ ثُمَّ صَوَّرْنَاكُمْ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِنَ السَّاجِدِينَ

walaqad khalaqnākum thumma ṣawwarnākum thumma qul'nā lil'malāikati us'judū liādama fasajadū illā ib'līsa lam yakun mina l-sājidīna

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Word-by-word analysis of Al-A'raaf verse 11
#WordMeaningRoot
1وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly—
2خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْkhalaqnākumWe created youخلق
3ثُمَّthummathen—
4صَوَّرْنَـٰكُمْṣawwarnākumWe fashioned youصور
5ثُمَّthummaThen—
6قُلْنَاqul'nāWe saidقول
7لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikatito the Angelsملك
8ٱسْجُدُوا۟us'judūProstrateسجد
9لِـَٔادَمَliādamato Adam—
10فَسَجَدُوٓا۟fasajadūSo they prostratedسجد
11إِلَّآillāexcept—
12إِبْلِيسَib'līsaIblis—
13لَمْlamNot—
14يَكُنyakunhe wasكون
15مِّنَminaof—
16ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَl-sājidīnathose who prostratedسجد