Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Saad, Ayah 76

Saad · Ayah 76 · View Ayah

قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنْهُ ۖ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍۢ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍۢ

He said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

He said ‘I am better than him. You created me from fire and You created him from clay’.

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(He said: I am better than him. Thou createdst me of fire, whilst him Thou didst create of clay) and the Fire consumes clay; this is why I did not prostrate before him.

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