Tafsir for verse: 7:11
وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ ثُمَّ صَوَّرۡنَٰكُمۡ ثُمَّ قُلۡنَا لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسۡجُدُواْ لِأٓدَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ لَمۡ يَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ١١ ﴿11﴾
11We created you, then gave you a shape, then We said to the angels, “Prostrate yourselves before ’Ādam.” So, they all prostrated themselves, except Iblīs (Satan). He did not join those who fell prostrate.
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Commentary
And certainly We created you, then We fashioned you. This means We created your father Adam from clay, unformed, then We shaped him after that. Do you not see His saying, 'Then We said to the angels, 'Prostrate to Adam'?' This is from those who prostrated to Adam.
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