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Reflections on Surah Sad Ayah 75
قال يا ابليس ما منعك ان تسجد لما خلقت بيدي استكبرت ام كنت من العالين ٧٥
قَالَ يَـٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَىَّ ۖ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْعَالِينَ ٧٥
قَالَﲫ
يَٰٓإِبۡلِيسُﲬ
مَاﲭ
مَنَعَكَﲮ
أَنﲯ
تَسۡجُدَﲰ
لِمَاﲱ
خَلَقۡتُﲲ
بِيَدَيَّۖﲳﲴ
أَسۡتَكۡبَرۡتَﲵ
أَمۡﲶ
كُنتَﲷ
مِنَﲸ
ٱلۡعَالِينَﲹ
٧٥ﲺ
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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7 years ago · Referencing Ayah 17:61, 38:75
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...