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Surah Taha, Verse 116

سورة طه، الآية ١١٦

20:116 Juz 16 Hizb 32 Page 320 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 20:116

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ ۝١١٦

Transliteration

wa-idh qul'nā lil'malāikati us'judū liādama fasajadū illā ib'līsa abā

Translation

And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except Iblees;864 he refused.

Notes

[864] See footnote to 2:34.

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Verse 116 of Surah Taha (20:116), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 320 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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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Other translations of verse 116

When We said to the angels, “Prostrate before Adam,” they all prostrated, except Iblīs44, who refused.

Notes

[44] See footnote 2:34.

And (remember) when We said to the angels: "Prostrate yourselves to Adam." They prostrated themselves (all) except Iblîs (Satan) he refused.

And when We said unto the angels: Fall prostrate before Adam, they fell prostrate (all) save Iblis; he refused.

When We said to the angels, "Prostrate yourselves to Adam", they prostrated themselves, but not Iblis: he refused.

And when We said to the angels: Make obeisance to Adam, they made obeisance, but Iblis (did it not); he refused.

And as We said to the Angels, "Prostrate yourselves to Adam." So they prostrated themselves, except Iblis; he refused.

Verse 116 word by word

  1. وَإِذْ wa-idh And when
  2. قُلْنَا qul'nā We said ق و ل
  3. لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ lil'malāikati to the Angels م ل ك
  4. ٱسْجُدُوا۟ us'judū Prostrate س ج د
  5. لِـَٔادَمَ liādama to Adam أ د م
  6. فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ fasajadū then they prostrated س ج د
  7. إِلَّآ illā except
  8. إِبْلِيسَ ib'līsa Iblis
  9. أَبَىٰ abā he refused أ ب ي

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  • Al-Baqarah 2:34

    وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate before Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He refused and was arrogant and became of the disbelievers.

  • Al-Isra 17:61

    وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ قَالَ ءَأَسْجُدُ لِمَنْ خَلَقْتَ طِينًا

    And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He said, "Should I prostrate to one You created from clay?"

  • Al-Kahf 18:50

    وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِۦٓ أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُۥ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِى وَهُمْ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّۢ بِئْسَ لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ بَدَلًا

    And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was of the jinn and departed from [i.e., disobeyed] the command of his Lord. Then will you take him and his descendants as allies other than Me while they are enemies to you? Wretched it is for the wrongdoers as an exchange.

  • Al-A’raf 7:11

    وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ ثُمَّ صَوَّرْنَٰكُمْ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ لَمْ يَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ

    And We have certainly created you, [O mankind], and given you [human] form. Then We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was not of those who prostrated.

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