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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فـ { قَالَ } اللّه موبخا ومعاتبا: { مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ } أي: شرفته وكرمته واختصصته بهذه الخصيصة، التي اختص بها عن سائر الخلق، وذلك يقتضي عدم التكبر عليه.{ أسْتَكْبَرْتَ } في امتناعك { أَمْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الْعَالِينَ }
He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel