Meccan·Surah 15

الحجر

Surah Al-Hijr — Ayah 33

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99 Ayahs·Verse 15:33
15:33

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."

Context in Surah Al-Hijr

Nearby ayahs help place verse 15:33 in sequence and meaning.

إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ

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

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?"

قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ

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

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ ٱللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

And indeed, upon you is the curse until the Day of Recompense."