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In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
- We created man from sounding clay, from mud molded into shape;
- And the Jinn race, We had created before, from the fire of a scorching wind.
- Behold! thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man, from sounding clay, from mud molded into shape;
- "When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him."
- So the angels prostrated themselves all of them together:
- Not so Iblis: he refused to be among those who prostrated themselves.
- (Allah) said: "O Iblis! what is your reason for not being among those who prostrated themselves?"
- (Iblis) said: "I am not one to prostrate myself to man, whom thou didst create from sounding clay, from mud molded into shape."
- (Allah) said: "Then get thee out from here; for thou art rejected, accursed.
- "And the Curse shall be on thee till the Day of Judgment."
- (Iblis) said: "O my Lord! give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised."
- (Allah) said: "Respite is granted thee --
- "Till the Day of the Time Appointed."
- (Iblis) said: "O my Lord! because Thou hast put me in the wrong, I will make (wrong) fair-seeming to them on the earth, and I will put them all in the wrong, --
- "Except Thy servants among them, sincere and purified (by Thy grace)."
- (Allah) said: "This (Way of My sincere servants) is indeed a Way that leads straight to Me.
- "For over My servants no authority shalt thou have except such as put themselves in the wrong and follow thee."
- And verily, Hell is the promised abode for them all!
- To it are seven Gates: For each of those Gates is (special) class (of sinners assigned).
- The righteous (will be) amid Gardens and fountains (of clear-flowing water).
- (Their greeting will be): "Enter ye here in Peace and Security."
- And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury: (They will be) brothers (joyfully) facing each other on thrones (of dignity).
- There no sense of fatigue shall touch them, nor shall they (ever) be asked to leave.
- Tell My servants that I am indeed the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful;
- And that My Penalty will be indeed the most grievous Penalty.
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