إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ
Illaaa ibleesa abaaa ai yakoona ma'as saajideen
Except Iblees, he refused to be with those who prostrated.
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Lessons from past peoples
15:31Ayah 199
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except Iblīs the father of the jinn — he was standing among the angels he refused to be among those prostrating.
Related Hadiths
"I recited to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (Surat) An-Najm and he did not prostrate in it."
Zaid was imam (in a prayer) and he did not make prostration.
The Prophet (ﷺ) recited Surat An-Najam and prostrated, and there was nobody who did not prostrate then
except a man whom I saw taking a handful of pebbles, lifting it, and prostrating on it. He then said,
"This is sufficient for me." No doubt I saw him killed as a disbeliever afterwards.
The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) recited (Surat) al Najm and performed prostration during its recital and all those who were along with him also prostrated themselves except one old man who took a handful of pebbles or dust in his palm and lifted it to his forehead and said: This is sufficient for me. 'Abdullah said: I saw that he was later killed in a state of unbelief.
"I recited Surat An-Najm to the Messenger of Allah, and he did not prostrate for it."
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