Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-A'raaf, Ayah 11
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And We created you that is your father Adam then shaped you that is We shaped him with you deposited in his back then said to the angels ‘Prostrate yourselves before Adam!’ a prostration that is a bow of salutation. So they fell prostrate all save Iblīs the father of the jinn who was among the angels — he was not of those who make prostration.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(And We created you) from Adam and Adam is from dust, (then fashioned you) in wombs, and We fashioned Adam between Mecca and Ta'if, (then told the angels) who were on the earth: (Fall ye prostrate before Adam) a prostration of greeting! (And they fell prostrate, all save Iblis) their leader, (who was not of those who make prostration) to Adam.