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Surah Taha, verse 116: meaning and tafsir
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ ١١٦
When We said to the angels, “Prostrate before Adam,” they all prostrated, except Iblīs[44], who refused.
Translation of the meanings: Rowwad Translation Center — version 1.0.19 · QuranEnc.com
[44] See footnote 2:34.
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116. And remember, O Messenger, when I said to the angels: “Prostrate to Adam as a greeting”. All of them prostrated besides Iblis, who was with them but not from them. He refused to prostrate out of arrogance.
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