He said, “I am not about to prostrate myself before a human being, whom You created from clay, from molded mud.”
Al-Hijr 15:33
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قَالَ لَمْ أَكُنْ لِأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِنْ حَمَإٍ مَسْنُونٍ
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He said, “I am not about to prostrate myself before a human being, whom You created from clay, from molded mud.”
Iblis said, "I won't bow down to a human You created from clay, made from sticky mud."
He replied, "I won't bow to a human You created from clay, from dark, smooth mud."
He said, “I would never prostrate to a human being You created from dried clay, from molded dark mud.”
He said, “It is not for me to prostrate to a human whom You created from clay, from molded mud.”
He said, “It is not for me to prostrate to a human whom You created from clay, from molded mud.”
He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."
[Iblîs (Satan)] said: "I am not the one to prostrate myself to a human being, whom You created from dried (sounding) clay of altered mud."
He said, “I would never prostrate before a human whom You created from sounding clay, made of aging mud.”
(Iblis) said: "I am not one to prostrate myself to man, whom Thou didst create from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape."
He said: I am not one to prostrate myself unto a mortal whom Thou hast created out of potter's clay of black mud altered!
He replied, "I am not one to prostrate myself to a man whom You have created out of a clay of moulded mud."
He said: "It does not behove of me to prostrate myself before a human being whom You have created out of dry ringing clay wrought from black mud."
Said he, ‘I will not prostrate before a human whom You have created out of a dry clay [drawn] from an aging mud.’
Qala lam akun liasjuda libasharin khalaqtahu min salsalin min hamain masnoonin