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15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 31

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اِلَّٓا اِبْل۪يسَۜ اَبٰٓى اَنْ يَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِد۪ينَ

Illa ibleesa aba an yakoonamaAAa assajideen

except Iblis. He disdained to be one of the prostrators.

  • Progressive Muslims

    Except for Satan, he refused to be with those who submitted.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    But Iblis (Satan). He refused to be among those who bowed. (The selfish desire of mankind declared rebellion against the higher control of Reason and Permanent Moral Values (2:34)).

  • Sam Gerrans

    Not so Iblīs; he refused to be with those who submit.

  • The Monotheist Group

    Except for Satan, he refused to be of those who yielded.

  • Edip-Layth

    Except for Satan, he refused to be with those who prostrated.

  • Aisha Bewley

    except Iblis. He disdained to be one of the prostrators.

  • Rashad Khalifa

    except Iblis (Satan). He refused to be with the prostrators.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Except Iblis. He refused to bow with the adorers.

  • Sahih International

    Except Iblees, he refused to be with those who prostrated.

  • Muhammad Asad

    save Iblis: he refused to be among those who prostrated themselves.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Save Iblis. He refused to be among the prostrate.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    Except Iblis (AL-Shaytan-to-be) who refused to join those who prostrated themselves in obeisance to Allah.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Only Satan refused to join them in prostration.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Except Iblîs (Satan) - he refused to be among the prostrators.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Not so Iblis: he refused to be among those who prostrated themselves.

  • Mustafa Khattab

    but not Iblîs,[1] who refused to prostrate with the others.

  • Taqi Usmani

    except Iblīs (Satan). He refused to join those who prostrated.

  • Abdul Haleem

    But not Iblis: he refused to bow down like the others.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    save Iblis; he refused to be among those bowing.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    save Iblis, who refused to be among those who adored.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Save Iblis, who refused to be among the prostrate.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Except Iblîs; he refused to be among the prostrate.

  • George Sale

    except Eblis, who refused to be with those who worshipped him.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Except Satan, [the chief of the (evil) jinn race], he refused to be amongst who prostrated themselves.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    But Iblîs (though he was separately bidden to do the same, did not). He stubbornly refused to be with those who submit.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    but not Iblis: he refused to be among those who prostrated.