Surat Al-Ĥijr - سورة الحجر

إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ

: Except Iblis (Satan), - he refused to be among the prostrators.

قَالَ يَا إِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ

: (Allah) said: "O Iblis (Satan)! What is your reason for not being among the prostrators?"

قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

: [Iblis (Satan)] said: "I am not the one to prostrate myself to a human being, whom You created from sounding clay of altered black smooth mud."

قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ

: (Allah) said: "Then, get out from here, for verily, you are Rajim (an outcast or a cursed one)." [Tafsir At-Tabari]

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ اللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ

: "And verily, the curse shall be upon you till the Day of Recompense (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)."

قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

: [Iblis (Satan)] said: "O my Lord! Give me then respite till the Day they (the dead) will be resurrected."

قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنظَرِينَ

: Allah said: "Then, verily, you are of those reprieved,