Surah Al-Hijr, Ayah 32 (15:32)

ٱلْحِجْر

قَالَ يَٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ

Quran 15:32 is ayah 32 of Surah Al-Hijr (“The Rocky Tract”), a Meccan surah of 99 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 264 of the Madani Mushaf.

15:32
قَالَيَٰٓإِبْلِيسُمَالَكَأَلَّاتَكُونَمَعَٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ٣٢
qāla yāib'līsu mā laka allā takūna maʿa l-sājidīna

[Allāh] said, "O Iblees, what is [the matter] with you that you are not with those who prostrate?"(32)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. يَٰٓإِبْلِيسُyāib'līsuO Iblis
  3. مَاmāWhat
  4. لَكَlaka(is) for you
  5. أَلَّاallāthat not
  6. تَكُونَtakūnayou are
  7. مَعَmaʿawith
  8. ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَl-sājidīnathose who prostrated

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