The Holy Quran 38:74 — Surah Sad

Arabic text

إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ ٱسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

Translation

...except Iblees. He was haughty, and was from those who rejected (Allaah's command).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The creation of Adam ﵇: this story has already appeared in several surahs — Al-Baqarah, Al-A'raf and others. In the notes on Al-A'raf we discussed it in detail; let it be looked at once more. Shah [Abd al-Qadir] ﵀ writes: “He (Iblis, by origin) was one of the jinn, most of whom deny the command of Allah.

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