Surah Al-Hijr (الحجر) • The Rocky Tract

Quran 15:33

15:33

قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

qāla lam akun li-asjuda libasharin khalaqtahu min ṣalṣālin min ḥama-in masnūnin

He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."

— Saheeh International

and he answered, ‘I will not bow to a mortal You created from dried clay, formed from dark mud.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

[Iblîs (Satan)] said: "I am not the one to prostrate myself to a human being, whom You created from dried (sounding) clay of altered mud."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
لَمْlamI am not
أَكُنakunI am not
لِّأَسْجُدَli-asjuda(one) to prostrate
لِبَشَرٍlibasharinto a human
خَلَقْتَهُۥkhalaqtahuwhom You created
مِنmin(out) of
صَلْصَـٰلٍۢṣalṣālinclay
مِّنْminfrom
حَمَإٍۢḥama-inblack mud
مَّسْنُونٍۢmasnūninaltered