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اَلْبَقَرَة

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وَ اِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلٰٓىٕكَةِ اسْجُدُوْا لِاٰدَمَ فَسَجَدُوْۤا اِلَّاۤ اِبْلِیْسَؕ-اَبٰى وَ اسْتَكْبَرَ ﱪ وَ كَانَ مِنَ الْكٰفِرِیْنَ(34)

English translation of Kanz-ul-Irfan

And remember when We commanded the Angels to prostrate to Ādam, so they all prostrated except Satan (Iblīs).[1] He refused and expressed arrogance[2] and became a disbeliever.

Commentary

[1]

The angels performed a prostration of reverence (not worship) before Prophet Ādam عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام and this was done by actually placing the forehead on the ground, not by merely lowering the head slightly.

[2]

This account reveals the dangerous nature of arrogance; in some cases, it may lead to disbelief (kufr), and so every Muslim should refrain from arrogance.

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