Surah 38

They will say: "Our Lord! Whoever brought this upon us, add to him a double torment in the Fire!"

And they will say: "What is the matter with us that we see not men whom we used to count among the bad ones?"

Did we take them as an object of mockery, or have (our) eyes failed to perceive them?"

Verily, that is the very truth - the mutual dispute of the people of the Fire!

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "I am only a warner and there is no Ilâh (God) except Allâh (none has the right to be worshipped but Allâh) the One, the Irresistible,

"The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the All-Mighty, the Oft-Forgiving."

Say: "That (this Qur’ân) is a great news,

"From which you turn away!

"I had no knowledge of the chiefs (angels) on high when they were disputing and discussing (about the creation of Adam).

"Only this has been revealed to me, that I am a plain warner."

(Remember) when your Lord said to the angels: "Truly I am going to create man from clay".

So when I have fashioned him and breathed into him (his) soul created by Me, then you fall down prostrate to him."

So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them:

Except Iblîs (Satan): he was proud[2] and was one of the disbelievers.

(Allâh) said: "O Iblîs (Satan)! What prevents you from prostrating yourself to one whom I have created with Both My Hands[3]. Are you too proud (to fall prostrate to Adam) or are you one of the high exalted?"

[Iblîs (Satan)] said: "I am better than he. You created me from fire, and You created him from clay."

(Allâh) said: "Then get out from here; for verily you are outcast.

"And verily My Curse is on you till the Day of Recompense."

[Iblîs (Satan)] said: "My Lord! Give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are resurrected."

(Allâh) said: "Verily! You are of those allowed respite."