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26. Walaqad khalaqna al-insana min salsalin min hama-in masnoonin
26. We created man from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape;
27. Waaljanna khalaqnahu min qablu min nari alssamoomi
27. And the Jinn race, We had created before, from the fire of a scorching wind.
28. Wa-ith qala rabbuka lilmala-ikati innee khaliqun basharan min salsalin min hama-in masnoonin
28. Behold! thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man, from sounding clay from mud moulded into shape;
29. Fa-itha sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu feehi min roohee faqaAAoo lahu sajideena
29. "When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him."
30. Fasajada almala-ikatu kulluhum ajmaAAoona
30. So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together:
31. Illa ibleesa aba an yakoona maAAa alssajideena
31. Not so Iblis: he refused to be among those who prostrated themselves.
32. Qala ya ibleesu ma laka alla takoona maAAa alssajideena
32. ((Allah)) said: "O Iblis! what is your reason for not being among those who prostrated themselves?"
33. Qala lam akun li-asjuda libasharin khalaqtahu min salsalin min hama-in masnoonin
33. (Iblis) said: "I am not one to prostrate myself to man, whom Thou didst create from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape."
34. Qala faokhruj minha fa-innaka rajeemun
34. ((Allah)) said: "Then get thee out from here; for thou art rejected, accursed.
35. Wa-inna AAalayka allaAAnata ila yawmi alddeeni
35. "And the curse shall be on thee till the day of Judgment."
36. Qala rabbi faanthirnee ila yawmi yubAAathoona
36. (Iblis) said: "O my Lord! give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised."
37. Qala fa-innaka mina almunthareena
37. ((Allah)) said: "Respite is granted thee
38. Ila yawmi alwaqti almaAAloomi
38. "Till the Day of the Time appointed."
39. Qala rabbi bima aghwaytanee laozayyinanna lahum fee al-ardi walaoghwiyannahum ajmaAAeena
39. (Iblis) said: "O my Lord! because Thou hast put me in the wrong, I will make (wrong) fair-seeming to them on the earth, and I will put them all in the wrong,-
40. Illa AAibadaka minhumu almukhlaseena
40. "Except Thy servants among them, sincere and purified (by Thy Grace)."
41. Qala hatha siratun AAalayya mustaqeemun
41. ((Allah)) said: "This (way of My sincere servants) is indeed a way that leads straight to Me.
42. Inna AAibadee laysa laka AAalayhim sultanun illa mani ittabaAAaka mina alghaweena
42. "For over My servants no authority shalt thou have, except such as put themselves in the wrong and follow thee."
43. Wa-inna jahannama lamawAAiduhum ajmaAAeena
43. And verily, Hell is the promised abode for them all!
44. Laha sabAAatu abwabin likulli babin minhum juz-on maqsoomun
44. To it are seven gates: for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned.