Iblis replied, "I am better than he. You created me of fire while you created him of clay." (Emotions are fiery in relation to the cool 'clay' of higher controls)
(Iblis) said, “I am better than him; You created me from fire (radiation – burning waves – this word is the same word used to refer to the hellfire) and created him from clay (a cell-based material body).”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
(Iblis) said: I am better than he: You created me from fire and You created him from clay .
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
"l am a better sort", said Iblis, "You created me from fire whereas You created him from moist earth"