Tafsir for verse: 38:76
قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡهُ خَلَقۡتَنِي مِن نَّارٖ وَخَلَقۡتَهُۥ مِن طِينٖ ٧٦ ﴿76﴾
76He said, “I am better than him. You created me from fire, and created him from clay.”
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Commentary
And when He - glorified and exalted is He - made him aware of this denial; it indicated his despair by his saying - resuming -: "He said"; claiming that he is among the exalted; "I am better than him"; meaning: there is no wisdom in my being commanded to prostrate to him; then he clarified what he claimed by saying: "You created me from fire"; meaning: and it is in the utmost strength and brightness; "and You created him from clay"; meaning: and he is in the utmost filth and weakness;
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