وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِنْ حَمَإٍ مَسْنُونٍ ٢٨
Behold! thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man, from sounding clay from mud moulded into shape;
15:29
فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِنْ رُوحِي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدِينَ ٢٩
"When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him."
15:30
فَسَجَدَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ ٣٠
So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together:
15:31
إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ ٣١
Not so Iblis: he refused to be among those who prostrated themselves.
15:32
قَالَ يَا إِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ ٣٢
(Allah) said: "O Iblis! what is your reason for not being among those who prostrated themselves?"