Surah Al-Kahf, ayah 50
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِۦٓ ۗ أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُۥ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِى وَهُمْ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّۢ ۚ بِئْسَ لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ بَدَلًا
And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was of the jinn and departed from [i.e., disobeyed] the command of his Lord. Then will you take him and his descendants as allies other than Me while they are enemies to you? Wretched it is for the wrongdoers as an exchange.
Al-Kahf · 18:50
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- وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
- قُلْنَاqul'nāWe said
- لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikatito the Angels
- ٱسْجُدُوا۟us'judūProstrate
- لِـَٔادَمَliādamato Adam
- فَسَجَدُوٓا۟fasajadūso they prostrated
- إِلَّآillāexcept
- إِبْلِيسَib'līsaIblis
- كَانَkāna(He) was
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلْجِنِّl-jinithe jinn
- فَفَسَقَfafasaqaand he rebelled
- عَنْʿanagainst
- أَمْرِamrithe Command
- رَبِّهِۦٓ ۗrabbihi(of) his Lord
- أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُۥafatattakhidhūnahuWill you then take him
- وَذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓwadhurriyyatahuand his offspring
- أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa(as) protectors
- مِنminother than Me
- دُونِىdūnīother than Me
- وَهُمْwahumwhile they
- لَكُمْlakum(are) to you
- عَدُوٌّۢ ۚʿaduwwunenemies
- بِئْسَbi'saWretched
- لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَlilẓẓālimīnafor the wrongdoers
- بَدَلًۭاbadalan(is) the exchange
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