The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
al-A‘rāf (The Elevations)
ٱلْأَعْرَاف
7:12
قَالَ
مَا
مَنَعَكَ
أَلَّا
تَسْجُدَ
إِذْ
أَمَرْتُكَ
قَالَ
أَنَا
خَيْرٌ
مِّنْهُ
خَلَقْتَنِي
مِن
نَّارٍ
وَخَلَقْتَهُ
مِن
طِينٍ
qāla mā manaʿaka ʾallā tasjuda ʾidh ʾamartuka qāla ʾana khayrun minhu khalaqtanī min nārin wa-khalaqtahū min ṭīnin
God asked, "What made you disobey Me?" Satan replied, "I am better than Adam, for You have created me out of fire and Adam out of clay."
