Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
For [thus it was:] when We told the angels, "Prostrate yourselves before Adam!"- they all prostrated themselves, save Ibis, who refused [to do it]
Arthur John Arberry
And when We said to the angels, 'Bow yourselves to Adam'; so they bowed themselves, save Iblis; he refused
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
When We said to the angels, "Prostrate yourselves to Adam", they prostrated themselves, but not Iblis: he refused
Arabic
وَإِذۡ قُلۡنَا لِلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةِ ٱسۡجُدُوا۟ لِءَادَمَ فَسَجَدُوۤا۟ إِلَّاۤ إِبۡلِیسَ أَبَىٰ ١١٦
Transliteration (2021)
wa-idh qul'nā lil'malāikati us'judū liādama fasajadū illā ib'līsa ab