Meccan·Surah 15

الحجر

Surah Al-Hijr — Ayah 32

The Rocky Tract

99 Ayahs·Verse 15:32
15:32

قَالَ يَـٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ

[Allah] said, O Iblees, what is [the matter] with you that you are not with those who prostrate?"

Context in Surah Al-Hijr

Nearby ayahs help place verse 15:32 in sequence and meaning.

فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ

So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,

إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ

Except Iblees, he refused to be with those who prostrated.

قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."

قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ

[Allah] said, "Then get out of it, for indeed, you are expelled.