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Al-Qur'an Surah Sad Verse 76

Sad [38]: 76 ~ English Qur'an Word By Word and Multi Tafseer

قَالَ اَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِيْ مِنْ نَّارٍ وَّخَلَقْتَهٗ مِنْ طِيْنٍ (ص : ٣٨)

qāla
قَالَ
He said
anā
أَنَا۠
"I am
khayrun
خَيْرٌ
better
min'hu
مِّنْهُۖ
than him
khalaqtanī
خَلَقْتَنِى
You created me
min
مِن
from
nārin
نَّارٍ
fire
wakhalaqtahu
وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ
and You created him
min
مِن
from
ṭīnin
طِينٍ
clay"

Transliteration:

Qaala ana khairum minah; khalaqtanee min naarinw wa khalaqtahoo min teen (QS. Ṣād:76)

English / Sahih Translation:

He said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay." (QS. Sad, ayah 76)

Mufti Taqi Usmani

He said, “I am better than him. You created me from fire, and created him from clay.”

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

He replied, “I am better than he is: You created me from fire and him from clay.”

Ruwwad Translation Center

He said, “I am better than him: You created me from fire and created him from clay.”

A. J. Arberry

Said he, 'I am better than he; Thou createdst me of fire, and him Thou createdst of clay.'

Abdul Haleem

Iblis said, ‘I am better than him: You made me from fire, and him from clay.’

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

He said: I am better than he: me Thou hast created of fire, and him Thou hast created of clay.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

(Iblis) said; "I am better than he; thou createdst me from fire, and him thou createdst from clay."

Abul Ala Maududi

He replied: “I am nobler than he. You created me from fire and created him from clay.”

Ahmed Ali

He said: "I am better than he. You created me from fire, and him from clay."

Ahmed Raza Khan

Said Iblis, “I am better than him; You made me from fire, and You have created him from clay!”

Ali Quli Qarai

‘I am better than him,’ he said. ‘You created me from fire and You created him from clay.’

Ali Ünal

(Iblis) answered: "I am better than him. You have created me from fire and him You have created from clay."

Amatul Rahman Omar

(Iblîs) said, `I am better than he. You created me from fire while him You created from clay.´

English Literal

He said: "I am better than him, You created me from fire and You created him from mud/clay ."

Faridul Haque

Said Iblis, “I am better than him; You made me from fire, and You have created him from clay!”

Hamid S. Aziz

He said, "I am better than he; Thou hast created me of Fire, and him Thou did create of dust (or clay)."

Hilali & Khan

[Iblis (Satan)] said: "I am better than he, You created me from fire, and You created him from clay."

Maulana Mohammad Ali

He said: O Iblis, what prevented thee from submitting to him whom I created with both My hands? Art thou proud or art thou of the exalted ones?

Mohammad Habib Shakir

He said: I am better than he; Thou hast created me of fire, and him Thou didst create of dust.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

He said: I am better than him. Thou createdst me of fire, whilst him Thou didst create of clay.

Muhammad Sarwar

He said, "I am better than him. You have created me from fire and him out of clay".

Qaribullah & Darwish

He (satan) replied: 'I am better than he. You created me from fire, and You created him from clay'

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

[Iblis] said: "I am better than he. You created me from fire, and You created him from clay."

Wahiduddin Khan

Satan replied, "I am better than him. You created me from fire, but You created him from clay."

Talal Itani

He said, “I am better than he; You created me from fire, and You created him from clay.”

Tafsir jalalayn

He said, `I am better than him. You created me from fire and You created him from clay'.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

(Iblis) said;"I am better than he. You created me from fire, and You created him from clay."

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