طه : ١١٦

  • وَإِذۡ And when
  • قُلۡنَا We said
  • لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ to the Angels
  • ٱسۡجُدُواْ Prostrate
  • لِأٓدَمَ to Adam
  • فَسَجَدُوٓاْ then they prostrated
  • إِلَّآ except
  • إِبۡلِيسَ Iblis
  • أَبَىٰ he refused
And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except Iblees;1 he refused.
Footnotes
1 See footnote to 2:34.
And, mention, when We said to the angels, 'Prostrate before Adam'; so they prostrated, except Iblees, who was the father of the jinn - he used to keep company with the angels and worship God alongside them: he refused, to prostrate before Adam, he said: 'I am better than him' [Q. 7:12].