Al-A'raf 7:12 قال ما منعك الا تسجد اذ امرتك قال انا خير منه خلقتني من نار وخلقته من طين ١٢
قَالَ
مَا
مَنَعَكَ
أَلَّا
تَسۡجُدَ
إِذۡ
أَمَرۡتُكَۖ
قَالَ
أَنَا۠
خَيۡرٞ
مِّنۡهُ
خَلَقۡتَنِي
مِن
نَّارٖ
وَخَلَقۡتَهُۥ
مِن
طِينٖ
١٢
O Daali : "Ko haɗ maa nde cujjataa nde mi yamir-maa?" owi'i : "miɗo ɓuri mo moƴƴude : A tagii kam immorde e Yiite, A tagii mo immorde e loopal".
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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
…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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