Allah asked, “O Iblîs! What prevented you from prostrating to what I created with My Own Hands? Did you ˹just˺ become proud? Or have you always been arrogant?”
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The word (ما) carries different meanings Arabic depending on the context it is used, but many times it can be used to mean 'that which' and would apply to both animates and the inanimate. When used for animates , it emphasizes a particular characteristic of the animate and not the individual. When (من) is used on the other hand , it refers to the individual themselves without emphasizing a trait. So when Allah SWT asks Satan why he didn't prostra...See more
وهذا تقريع من الله للمشركين الذين كفروا بمحمد -صلى الله عليه وسلم-... استكبارًا عن أن يكونوا تبعًا لرجل منهم حين قالوا: ﴿أَءُنزِلَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلذِّكۡرُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِنَا﴾ [ص: 8]، و﴿هَلۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُكُمۡ﴾ [الأنبياء: 3]؛ فقص عليهم تعالى قصة إبليس وإهلاكه باستكباره عن السجود لآدم بدعواه أنه خير منه. الطبري:21/239. السؤال: ما المناسبة بين قصة إبليس وموقف كفار قريش من نبينا محمد -صلى الله عليه وسلم-؟