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قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ ۖ قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ
Text: Tanzil Project,tanzil.net · verbatim and unchanged · previous verse · next verse
He said: What hindered thee that thou didst not fall prostrate when I bade thee? (Iblis) said: I am better than him. Thou createdst me of fire while him Thou didst create of mud.— Marmaduke Pickthall
Summary
Verse 12 of Surat al-A'raf, a Meccan surah. 1
Place in the museum
Its place: verse 12 of 206 verses in the surah. The text is kept in the frozen Tanzil mushaf and is not retyped here.
Connections
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- Sura 7: Al-A'raf
Sources
- Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
- Tanzil Project, public-domain translations
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Qur'an 7:12”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/quran-7-12/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.