فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَـٰجِدِينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- "நான் அவரைச் செவ்வைப்படுத்தி, எனது ஆவியிலிருந்து அவருக்குள் ஊதிய பொழுது அவருக்கு நீங்கள் விழுந்து ஸுஜூது செய்யுங்கள்" (எனக் கூறியதும்);
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- පසුව මම ඔහු නිසි අයුරින් හැඩගස්වා මාගේ ආත්මයෙන් ඔහු තුළ පිඹූ විට නුඹලා ඔහුට සුජූද් (ආචාර) කරන්නන් ලෙස වැටෙනු. (යැයි අල්ලාහ් පැවැසුවේ ය).
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- سو جب میں اسے ٹھیک ٹھاک کر لوں اور اس میں اپنی روح پھونک دوں، تو تم سب اس کے سامنے سجدے میں گر پڑنا.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- 「それでわれが，かれ（人間）を形作り，それに霊を吹き込んだならば，あなたがたは伏してかれにサジダしなさい。」
- ChineseMa Jian
- 当我把他造出来，并将我的精神吹入他的体内的时候，你们当为他而倒身叩头。
Tafsir of 38:72
The Story of Adam and Iblis Allah mentions this story in Surat Al-Baqarah, at the beginning of Surat Al-A`raf, in Surat Al-Hijr, Al-Isra', Al-Kahf and here. Before creating Adam, peace be upon him, Allah told the angels that He was going to create a human being from sounding clay of altered smooth black mud. He told them that when He finished creating and forming him, they were to prostrate to him as a sign of honor and respect, and out of obedience to the command of Allah, may He be exalted. All of the angels obeyed this command except for Iblis, who was not one of them. He was one of the Jinn, and his nature betrayed him at his time of greatest need. He refused to prostrate to Adam, and he disputed with his Lord about him, claiming that he was better than Adam, because he was created from fire while Adam was created from clay, and fire was better than clay, or so he said. He made a mistake by doing this, and he went against the command of Allah, thus committing the sin of disbelief.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
