قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- "இறைவனே! அவர்கள் (இறந்து) எழுப்பப்படும் நாள்வரை எனக்கு அவகாசம் கொடுப்பாயாக" என்று அவன் கேட்டான்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- “මාගේ පරමාධිපතියාණනි! එසේ නම් ඔවුන් නැවත නැගිටුවනු ලබන දිනය දක්වා මට කල් දෙනු” යැයි ඔහු පැවසී ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- کہنے لگا میرے رب مجھے لوگوں کے اٹھ کھڑے ہونے کے دن تک مہلت دے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれは申しあげた。「主よ，かれらが呼び起こされる日まで，猶予を願います。」
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他说：我的主啊！求你宽待我到人类复活之日。
Tafsir of 38:79
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)
