Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration Arabic وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبَى Transliteration Wa-ith qulna lilmala -ikati osjudoo li-a dama fasajadoo illa ibleesa aba Transliteration-2 wa-idh qul'nā lil'malāikati us'judū liādama fasajadū illā ib'līsa ab Word for Word And when We said to the Angels, "Prostrate to Adam," then they prostrated, except Iblis; he refused.
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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning Muhammad Asad For [thus it was:] when We told the angels, "Prostrate yourselves before Adam!"- they all prostrated themselves, save Ibis, who refused [to do it] M. M. Pickthall And when We said unto the angels: Fall prostrate before Adam, they fell prostrate (all) save Iblis; he refused Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) When We said to the angels, "Prostrate yourselves to Adam", they prostrated themselves, but not Iblis: he refused Shakir And when We said to the angels: Make obeisance to Adam, they made obeisance, but Iblis (did it not); he refused Wahiduddin Khan When We said to the angels, Prostrate yourselves before Adam, they all prostrated themselves, except for Satan, who refused Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar And when We said to the angels: Prostrate yourselves to Adam! They prostrated themselves, but Iblis who refused. T.B.Irving When We told the angels: "Bow down on your knees before Adam," they [all] knelt down except for Diabolis; he refused [to do so]. The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab And ˹remember˺ when We said to the angels, “Prostrate before Adam,” so they all did—but not Iblîs, who refused ˹arrogantly˺. Safi Kaskas And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Bow down before Adam," and they bowed, except Iblis; he refused. Abdul Hye And (remember) when We said to the angels: “Prostrate yourselves to Adam.” They prostrated except Satan, who refused. The Study Quran And when We said unto the angels, “Prostrate yourselves before Adam,” they prostrated, save Iblis; he refused [The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) And We said to the Angels: "Submit to Adam." They all submitted except for Satan, he refused Abdel Haleem When We said to the angels, ‘Bow down before Adam,’ they did. But Iblis refused Abdul Majid Daryabadi And recall what time We said to the angels: prostrate yourselves before Adam. They fell prostrate, but Iblis did not; he refused Ahmed Ali When We said to the angels: ''Bow before Adam,'' they all bowed but Iblis, who refused Aisha Bewley When We said to the angels, ´Prostrate yourselves to Adam!´ they prostrated, with the exception of Iblis who disdained to do it. Ali Ünal And when We said to the angels, "Prostrate yourselves before Adam," they all prostrated themselves. But Iblis did not; he refused Ali Quli Qara'i When We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate before Adam,’ they prostrated, but not Iblis: he refused Hamid S. Aziz And when We said to the angels, "Prostrate yourselves before Adam," they prostrated themselves, save Iblis, who refused Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali And as We said to the Angels, "Prostrate yourselves to Adam." So they prostrated themselves, except Iblis; he refused Muhammad Sarwar When We told the angels to prostrate before Adam they all obeyed except Iblis (satan) who refused Muhammad Taqi Usmani When We said to the angels, .Prostrate yourselves to ‘Adam. So, all of them fell prostrate, except Iblis , who refused Shabbir Ahmed Recall when We said to the angels, "Bow before Adam, they bowed except Iblis; he refused." (Divine Laws in the Universe have been made of service to man but his selfish desire rebels against himself) Syed Vickar Ahamed And (remember) when We said to the angels: "Prostrate yourselves to Adam," they prostrated themselves, but not Satan: He refused Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except Iblees; he refused Farook Malik When We said to the angels "Prostrate yourselves before Adam," they all prostrated themselves except Iblees (Satan), who refused Dr. Munir Munshey (Remember)! We said to the angels, "Fall down prostrate before Adam!" And they all fell prostrate, except Iblees (Shaitan). He refused Dr. Kamal Omar And (bring to mind) when We said to the angels: “prostrate (to Me) for Adam.” So they prostrated except Iblis (the jinn), he refused Talal A. Itani (new translation) And when We said to the angels, 'Bow down to Adam.' They bowed down, except for Satan; he refused Maududi Recall when We said to the angels: "Prostrate yourselves before Adam"; all prostrated themselves save Iblis. He refused Ali Bakhtiari Nejad And (remember) when We said to the angels: be humble to Adam. Then they humbled except Iblis (Satan) who refused A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) When We said to the angels, “Prostrate to Adam,” they prostrated themselves, but not Lucifer, he refused Musharraf Hussain When We told the Angels, “Prostrate before Adam,” they prostrated, except Satan who refused. [The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) And We said to the angels: "Yield to Adam." They all yielded except for Satan, he refused. Mohammad Shafi And when We asked the angels to prostrate before Adam, prostrated they all except for Iblees. He (Iblees) refused!
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works Bijan Moeinian I commanded the angels: “Prostrate yourselves to Adam.” They all did, but Satan refused Faridul Haque And when We commanded the angels, "Prostrate before Adam" - so they all prostrated, except Iblis; he refused Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah And when We said to the angels: 'Prostrate yourselves before Adam, ' they all prostrated themselves except iblis, who refused Maulana Muhammad Ali And when We said to the angels: Be submissive to Adam, they submitted except Iblis; he refused Muhammad Ahmed - Samira And when We said to the angels: "Prostrate to Adam." So they prostrated except Satan/Iblis refused/hated Sher Ali And remember when WE said to the angels, `Submit to Adam,' and they all submitted. But Iblis did not. He refused to submit Rashad Khalifa Recall that we said to the angels, "Fall prostrate before Adam." They fell prostrate, except Satan; he refused. Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) And when We said to angles 'prostrate before Adam; then all prostrated but Iblis (the devil) he refused. Amatul Rahman Omar And (recall the time) when We said to the angels, `Make obeisance to Adam (and his sons).' They (all) made obeisance, but Iblis (did not), he refused (to submit) Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri And (recall the time) when We commanded the angels: ‘Prostrate yourselves before Adam,’ they fell down in prostration except Iblis. He refused Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali And (remember) when We said to the angels: "Prostrate yourselves to Adam." They prostrated (all) except Iblees (Satan), who refused
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works Arthur John Arberry And when We said to the angels, 'Bow yourselves to Adam'; so they bowed themselves, save Iblis; he refused Edward Henry Palmer And when we said to the angels, ' Adore Adam,' they adored, save Iblis, who refused George Sale And remember when we said unto the angels, worship ye Adam; and they worshipped him: But Eblis refused John Medows Rodwell And when We said to the angels, "Fall down and worship Adam," they worshipped all, save Eblis, who refused N J Dawood (2014) And when We said to the angels: ‘Prostrate yourselves before Adam,‘ they all prostrated themselves except Satan, who refused
New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress Linda “iLHam” Barto When We said to the angels, “Bow to Adam,” they bowed except Iblis. He refused. Sayyid Qutb And when We said to the angels, 'Prostrate yourselves before Adam,' they all prostrated them- selves; except IblÄ«s, who refused. Ahmed Hulusi When We said to the angels (the forces pertaining to earth), “Prostrate to Adam (conscious being)”, they all prostrated immediately, except for Iblis... Who refrained! Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli And when We said to the angels: 'Prostrate to Adam', they (all) prostrated except Iblis; he refused Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim We said to the angles: "Prostrate yourselves to Adam in adoration", and the angels prostrated to Adam in comely order, praise and admiration except Iblis AL-Shaytan- to- be- who aspersed with calumny and declined with inordinate self-esteem Mir Aneesuddin And when We said to the angels, "Bow down to Adam," they (all) bowed down, except Iblis, he refused.
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