Sura 7 Al-A'raf (The Heights), ayah 12

  1. قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ ۖ قَالَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِي مِنْ نَارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ طِينٍ

    Translation by words

    قَالَ
    (Allah) said,
    مَا
    "What
    مَنَعَكَ
    prevented you
    أَلَّا
    that not
    تَسْجُدَ
    you prostrate
    إِذْ
    when
    أَمَرْتُكَ
    I commanded you?"
    قَالَ
    (Shaitaan) said,
    أَنَا۠
    "I am
    خَيْرٌ
    better
    مِّنْهُ
    than him.
    خَلَقْتَنِى
    You created me
    مِن
    from
    نَّارٍ
    fire
    وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ
    and You created him
    مِن
    from
    طِينٍ
    clay."

    (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."

    7:12

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 7 Al-A'raf (The Heights)