سُوْرَةُ الْحِجْرِ
Surah Al-Hijr (15) — Ayah 33
قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ ﴿33﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
[Iblîs (Satan)] said: "I am not the one to prostrate myself to a human being, whom You created from dried (sounding) clay of altered mud."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
He said
لَمْ
lam
I am not
أَكُن
akun
I am not
لِّأَسْجُدَ
li-asjuda
(one) to prostrate
لِبَشَرٍ
libasharin
to a human
خَلَقْتَهُۥ
khalaqtahu
whom You created
مِن
min
(out) of
صَلْصَـٰلٍۢ
ṣalṣālin
clay
مِّنْ
min
from
حَمَإٍۢ
ḥama-in
black mud
مَّسْنُونٍۢ
masnūnin
altered
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
33. 1. Shaytan gave the reason for his denial as the fact that Hazrat Adam (علیہ السلام) was made of clay and was a human, which means that to consider a human being as inferior and lowly due to his humanity is the philosophy of Shaytan. The people of truth, the Prophets (علیہم السلام), do not deny the humanity of the Prophets, because the humanity of the Prophets has itself been clearly stated by the Noble Quran. Moreover, the humanity of the Prophets does not make any difference to their greatness and status.
