Surah Sad (ص) • The Letter "Saad"

Quran 38:76

38:76

قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ ۖ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ

qāla anā khayrun min'hu khalaqtanī min nārin wakhalaqtahu min ṭīnin

He said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."

— Saheeh International

Iblis said, ‘I am better than him: You made me from fire, and him from clay.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

[Iblîs (Satan)] said: "I am better than he. You created me from fire, and You created him from clay."

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

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Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
أَنَا۠anāI am
خَيْرٌۭkhayrunbetter
مِّنْهُۖmin'huthan him
خَلَقْتَنِىkhalaqtanīYou created me
مِنminfrom
نَّارٍۢnārinfire
وَخَلَقْتَهُۥwakhalaqtahuand You created him
مِنminfrom
طِينٍۢṭīninclay