Surah Sad
Quran 38:75
Read Quran 38:75 from Surah Sad (The Letter Saad) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 38:75
He said: O Iblis! What hindereth thee from falling prostrate before that which I have created with both My hands? Art thou too proud or art thou of the high exalted?
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 38. Sad (The Letter Saad)
- Ayah
- 75 of 88
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 38:75
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 38:75
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
فـ { قَالَ } اللّه موبخا ومعاتبا: { مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ } أي: شرفته وكرمته واختصصته بهذه الخصيصة، التي اختص بها عن سائر الخلق، وذلك يقتضي عدم التكبر عليه.{ أسْتَكْبَرْتَ } في امتناعك { أَمْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الْعَالِينَ }