Surah Al-A'raf

قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ ۖ قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ

Qāla mā mana‘aka allā tasjuda iż amartuk(a), qāla ana khairum minh(u), khalaqtanī min nāriw wa khalaqtahū min ṭīn(in).

[Allah] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."

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