قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ
Said he, ‘I will not prostrate before a human whom You have created out of a dry clay [drawn] from an aging mud.’
Agha Ali Puya Commentary
Commentary on Quran 15:33
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 15:33] Iblis argues that Adam was made of clay while he was made of fire, but he ignored the fact that Adam had the spirit (ruh) of Allah breathed into him. Adam was superior to all created beings at that time on account of reasons mentioned in the commentary of al Baqarah: 30 to 38. Because of his refusal to fall down unto Adam (and that which he represented) prostrate, Iblis was cursed and damned.