Surah Sad (ص) • The Letter "Saad"

Quran 38:75

38:75

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

qāla yāib'līsu mā manaʿaka an tasjuda limā khalaqtu biyadayya astakbarta am kunta mina l-ʿālīna

[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?"

— Saheeh International

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?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(Allâh) said: "O Iblîs (Satan)! What prevents you from prostrating yourself to one whom I have created with Both My Hands. Are you too proud (to fall prostrate to Adam) or are you one of the high exalted?"

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

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Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
يَـٰٓإِبْلِيسُyāib'līsuO Iblis
مَاmāWhat
مَنَعَكَmanaʿakaprevented you
أَنanthat
تَسْجُدَtasjudayou (should) prostrate
لِمَاlimāto (one) whom
خَلَقْتُkhalaqtuI created
بِيَدَىَّۖbiyadayyawith My Hands
أَسْتَكْبَرْتَastakbartaAre you arrogant
أَمْamor
كُنتَkuntaare you
مِنَminaof
ٱلْعَالِينَl-ʿālīnathe exalted ones