The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4)

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ṢĀD PT. 23 إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ اِسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ He CH. 38 75. But Iblis did not. behaved proudly, and was of those who disbelieved. 3430 76. "God said, 'O Iblis, what hindered thee from submitting الْكَفِرِينَ KKK_MIUJE خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ اَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنْتَ مِنَ to what I had created with My الْعَالِينَ two hands? Is it that thou art too proud or art thou really of the exalted ones?' قَالَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِنْ نَّارٍ He said, “I am better than. 77 وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ طِينٍ قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيْمُ ةٌ واِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعَنَى إِلَى يَوْمِ الدِّينِ he. Thou hast created me of fire and him hast Thou created of clay. '3431 78. God said, 'Then get out hence, for, surely thou art rejected. 3432 79. And surely on thee shall rest My curse till the Day of Judgement. ' 7:13; 15:33. 7:13; 15:28; 55:16. 7:14; 15:35. 15:36. 3430. Commentary: Whereas men of angelic nature give their allegiance and support to the Prophet of the day, those of satanic nature oppose and fight him. For the meaning of the word see 2:35. The words "what I had created with my two hands" seem to signify that God had endowed Adam with perfect faculties for spiritual as well as material progress. 3431. Commentary: The opponents of a Prophet always regard themselves as superior to him in power, position and prestige. It hurts their sense of pride to give their a man whom they allegiance to consider to be like them or even inferior to them. The main obstacle in the way of their accepting the truth is their false sense of pride and superiority. See also 7:13 and 15:34. 3432. Commentary: 2736 The pronouns in the expression (from hence) does not refer to post- mortal Heaven because Heaven is a place where Satan could not possibly enter and from which no one who has once entered is turned out (15:49). In fact the pronoun refers to that state of