The Quran

سورة الحِجر

Surah Al-Hijr 15:33

The Rock · Verse 33 of 99

قَالَ لَمْ أَكُنْ لِأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِنْ حَمَإٍ مَسْنُونٍ

Abdul Mannan Omar

He replied, `I would never submit to a human being whom You have created from dry ringing clay (formed) from black mud, moulded into shape.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

(Iblis) said: "I am not one to prostrate myself to man, whom Thou didst create from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape.

Ahmed Ali

"How could I bow," said he, "before a mortal whom You created from fermented clay dried tingling hard?"

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Ali Unal

(Iblis) said: "I am not one to prostrate myself before a mortal, whom You have created from dried, sounding clay, from molded dark mud."

Daryabadi

He said it was not for me that should prostrate myself unto a human being whom Thou hast created from ringing clay of loam moulded.

Faridul Haque

He answered, "It does not befit me to prostrate myself to a human whom You have created from sounding clay made out of black smelly mud."

Maulana Muhammad Ali

He said: I am not going to make obeisance to a mortal, whom Thou has created of sounding clay, of black mud fashioned into shape.

Maulvi Sher Ali

He answered, `I am not going to submit to a mortal whom Thou hast created of dry ringing clay, of black mud wrought into shape.'

Muhammad Asad

[Iblis] replied: "It is not for me to prostrate myself before mortal man whom Thou hast created out of sounding clay, out of dark slime transmuted!"

Muhammad Musin Khan

[Iblis (Satan)] said: "I am not the one to prostrate myself to a human being, whom You created from sounding clay of altered black smooth mud."

Muhammad Pickthall

He said: I am not one to prostrate myself unto a mortal whom Thou hast created out of potter's clay of black mud altered!

Muhammad Sarwar

Iblis replied, "I did not want to prostrate before a human being whom You have created out of mud-moulded clay".

Muhammed ali Shakir

He said: I am not such that I should make obeisance to a mortal whom Thou hast created of the essence of black mud fashioned in shape.

Rashad Khalifa

He said, "I am not to prostrate before a human being, whom You created from aged mud, like the potter's clay."

Shabbir Ahmed

He replied, "I am not one to submit to man whom You have created from sounding inorganic matter."