15. Surah Al Hijr
The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:
فَسَجَدَ
الْمَلآئِكَةُ
كُلُّهُمْ
أَجْمَعُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾
15: 30. So the angels prostrated themselves all of them together:
15: 31. Not so
C1969. Cf. n. 49 to 2:34.
... إِبْلِيسَ...
Iblis:
C1970. lblis: the name has in it the root-idea of desperateness or rebellion.
Cf. n. 52 to 2:36.
...أَبَى أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ ﴿٣١﴾
he refused to be among those who prostrated themselves.
C1971. Apparently Iblis's arrogance had two grounds:
- that man was made of clay while he was made of fire;
- that he did not wish to do what others did.
Both grounds were false;
- because man had the spirit of Allah breathed into him;
- because contempt of the angels who obeyed Allah's words showed not Iblis's superiority but his inferiority.
The word "bashar" for man (verse 33) suggests a gross physical body.
15: 30
Pickthall So the angels fell prostrate, all of them together
Yuksel Thus, all of the angels fell prostrate to him,
Transliteration Fasajadal mala_'ikatu kulluhum ajma'u_n(a),
15: 31
Pickthall Save Iblis. He refused to be among the prostrate.
Yuksel Except for Satan, he refused to be with the prostrators.
Transliteration Illa_ iblis(a), aba_ ay yaku_na ma'as sa_jidin(a).