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Al-A'raf 7:12 قال ما منعك الا تسجد اذ امرتك قال انا خير منه خلقتني من نار وخلقته من طين ١٢

7:12
قَالَ
مَا
مَنَعَكَ
أَلَّا
تَسۡجُدَ
إِذۡ
أَمَرۡتُكَۖ
قَالَ
أَنَا۠
خَيۡرٞ
مِّنۡهُ
خَلَقۡتَنِي
مِن
نَّارٖ
وَخَلَقۡتَهُۥ
مِن
طِينٖ
١٢
(Allah) aravuga ati “Ni iki cyakubujije kubama ubwo nabigutegekaga?” (Ibilisi) aravuga ati “Njye ndi mwiza kumuruta; wandemye mu muriro naho we umurema mu ibumba.”
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلاَّ تَسْجُدَ

(What prevented you (O Iblis) that you did not prostrate) 7: 12 meaning, what stopped and hindered you from prostrating after I ordered you to do so, according to Ibn Jarir. This meaning is sound, and Allah knows best. Iblis, may Allah curse him, said,

أَنَاْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْه

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مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلاَّ تَسْجُدَ

(What prevented you (O Iblis) that you did not prostrate) 7: 12 meaning, what stopped and hindered you from prostrating af

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Chapter 7, Page 152, Juz 8

11. Kandi mu by’ukuri twarabaremye (twaremye Adamu) hanyuma tubaha ishusho (y’umuntu), maze tubwira abamalayika tuti “Nimwubamire Adamu”, nuko barubama uretse Ibilisi (Shitani) utarabaye mu bubamye. 12. (Allah) aravuga ati “Ni iki cyakubujije kubama ubwo nabigutegekaga?” (Ibilisi) aravuga ati “Njye ndi mwiza kumuruta; wandemye mu muriro naho we umurema mu ibumba.” 13. (Allah) aravuga ati “Manuka urivemo (Ijuru)! Ntibikwiye ko wakwishyira hejuru muri ryo. Ngaho sohoka! Mu by’ukuri wowe uri mu basuzuguritse.” 14. (Ibilisi) iravuga iti “Mpa kuzabaho kugeza ku munsi (abantu) bazazurirwaho.” 15. (Allah) aravuga ati “Rwose uri mu bahawe igihe.” 16. (Ibilisi) iravuga iti “Kubera ko unciriyeho iteka ryo kuyoba, nzabategera mu nzira yawe igororotse. 17. Hanyuma rwose nzabagota mbaturutse imbere n’inyuma, iburyo n’ibumoso habo. Kandi abenshi muri bo ntuzababona bashimira.” 18. (Allah) aravuga ati “Risohokemo (Ijuru) umwaye kandi wirukanwe. Mu by’ukuri abazagukurikira muri bo, nzabuzuza mwese mu muriro wa Jahanamu .”

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