38. Sad · verses 75–80

قَالَ يَٰٓإِبۡلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسۡجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقۡتُ بِيَدَيَّۖ أَسۡتَكۡبَرۡتَ أَمۡ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَالِينَ

Qala ya ibleesu ma manaAAaka an tasjuda lima khalaqtu biyadayya astakbarta am kunta mina alAAaleena

(Allah) said: "O Iblis! What prevents thee from prostrating thyself to one whom I have created with my hands? Art thou haughty? Or art thou one of the high (and mighty) ones?"

قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡهُ خَلَقۡتَنِي مِن نَّارٖ وَخَلَقۡتَهُۥ مِن طِينٖ

Qala ana khayrun minhu khalaqtanee min narin wakhalaqtahu min teenin

(Iblis) said: "I am better than he: thou createdst me from fire, and him thou createdst from clay."

قَالَ فَٱخۡرُجۡ مِنۡهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٞ

Qala faokhruj minha fainnaka rajeemun

(Allah) said: "Then get thee out from here: for thou art rejected, accursed.

وَإِنَّ عَلَيۡكَ لَعۡنَتِيٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ

Wainna AAalayka laAAnatee ila yawmi alddeeni

"And My curse shall be on thee till the Day of Judgment."

قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرۡنِيٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ

Qala rabbi faanthirnee ila yawmi yubAAathoona

(Iblis) said: "O my Lord! Give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised."

قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنظَرِينَ

Qala fainnaka mina almunthareena

(Allah) said: "Respite then is granted thee-