سُوْرَةُ صٓ
Surah Saad (38) — Ayah 76
قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ ۖ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ ﴿76﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
[Iblîs (Satan)] said: "I am better than he. You created me from fire, and You created him from clay."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
He said
أَنَا۠
anā
I am
خَيْرٌۭ
khayrun
better
مِّنْهُ ۖ
min'hu
than him
خَلَقْتَنِى
khalaqtanī
You created me
مِن
min
from
نَّارٍۢ
nārin
fire
وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ
wakhalaqtahu
and You created him
مِن
min
from
طِينٍۢ
ṭīnin
clay
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.
76. 1. That is, Satan thought that the element of fire is superior to the element of clay. However, all these substances (are of the same kind or nearly of the same rank). Any superiority of one over the other is due only to some external cause, and this external cause, in comparison to fire, was found in clay, as Allah created Adam (AS) with His own hands from it. Then He breathed His spirit into him; in this respect, clay itself has honor and greatness over fire. Moreover, the function of fire is to burn and reduce to ashes, whereas clay, on the contrary, is the source of various kinds of production.
