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Surah 17. Al-Israa, Ayah 61

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وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ قَالَ ءَأَسْجُدُ لِمَنْ خَلَقْتَ طِينًا Qur’an Al-Israa (17:61)
Wai th quln a lilmal a ikati osjudoo li a dama fasajadoo ill a ibleesa q a la aasjudu liman khalaqta t een a n
AND LO! We said unto the angels, "Prostrate yourselves before Adam" - whereupon they all prostrated themselves, save Iblis.75 Said he: "Shall I prostrate myself before one whom Thou hast created out of clay?"
  - Mohammad Asad
Mohammad Asad

For an explanation of the allegory of Adam and the angels, see {2:30-34}, {7:11-18} and {15:26-41}, as well as the corresponding notes. In the present instance, as in Al-A'raf and Al-Hijr, the accent is on the contempt of Iblls for Adam (which is obviously a metonym for the whole human race): hence, this passage apparently connects with the end of verse {53} above - "verily, Satan is man's open foe!" The stress on man's dignity - expressed in God's commandment to the angels to "prostrate themselves before Adam" - links this allegory with verses {70-72}.

Recall the occasion when We said to the angels: "Prostrate yourselves before Adam." They all prostrated except Iblees (Shaitan), who replied: "Should I prostrate to the one whom You have created from clay?"
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
And 'remember' when We said to the angels, 'Prostrate before Adam,' so they all did- but not Iblîs,1 who protested, 'Should I prostrate to the one You have created from mud?'
  - Mustafa Khattab
Mustafa Khattab

 See footnote for 2:34.

And when We said unto the angels: Fall down prostrate before Adam and they fell prostrate all save Iblis, he said: Shall I fall prostrate before that which Thou hast created of clay?
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
Marmaduke Pickthall
Behold! We said to the angels: "Bow down unto Adam": they bowed down except Iblis: he said "Shall I bow down to one whom Thou didst create from clay?" 2251
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Cf. vii. 11-18, which deals, as is the case here, with the temptation of the individual human soul, while ii. 30-38 deals with the collective race of man through Adam. Arrogance, jealousy, spite, and hatred are the ingredients in the story of Iblis.

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