Surah Al-Isra
Quran 17:61
Read Quran 17:61 from Surah Al-Isra (The Night Journey) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 17:61
And when We said unto the angels: Fall down prostrate before Adam and they fell prostrate all save Iblis, he said: Shall I fall prostrate before that which Thou hast created of clay?
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 17. Al-Isra (The Night Journey)
- Ayah
- 61 of 111
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 17:61
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 17:61
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
ينبه تبارك وتعالى عباده على شدة عداوة الشيطان وحرصه على إضلالهم وأنه لما خلق الله آدم استكبر عن السجود له و { قَالَ } متكبرا: { أَأَسْجُدُ لِمَنْ خَلَقْتَ طِينًا } أي: من طين وبزعمه أنه خير منه لأنه خلق من نار. وقد تقدم فساد هذا القياس الباطل من عدة أوجه.