The Holy Quran 38:75 — Surah Sad

Arabic text

قَالَ يَـٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَىَّ ۖ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْعَالِينَ

Translation

He (Allaah) said, "O Iblees! What has prevented you from prostrating to what I have created with My own hands? Are you too proud, or are you (of the opinion that you are) superior in rank (to Aadam عليه الصلاة والسلام)?"

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The question of Almighty Allah about Iblis's refusal: Shah [Abd al-Qadir] ﵀ writes: “That is, the body with the hand of the manifest [world] and the spirit with the hand of the unseen (the hidden). Allah makes the things of the unseen with one kind of power and the things of the manifest with another kind of power.

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