ٱلْأَعْرَاف : ١٢

  • قَالَ (Allah) said
  • مَا What
  • مَنَعَكَ prevented you
  • أَلَّا that not
  • تَسۡجُدَ you prostrate
  • إِذۡ when
  • أَمَرۡتُكَۖ I commanded you
  • قَالَ (Shaitaan) said
  • أَنَا۠ I am
  • خَيۡرٞ better
  • مِّنۡهُ than him
  • خَلَقۡتَنِي You created me
  • مِن from
  • نَّارٖ fire
  • وَخَلَقۡتَهُۥ and You created him
  • مِن from
  • طِينٖ clay
[Allāh] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay [i.e., earth]."
He, exalted be He, said, 'What prevented you from falling prostrate (allaa is [made up of] an-laa, the laa being extra) when I commanded you?' He [Iblees] said, 'I am better than him. You created me from fire, while him You created from clay'.