Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 116th verse of chapter 20 (sūrat ṭā hā). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (20) sūrat ṭā hā

Sahih International: And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except Iblees; he refused.

Pickthall: And when We said unto the angels: Fall prostrate before Adam, they fell prostrate (all) save Iblis; he refused.

Yusuf Ali: When We said to the angels, "Prostrate yourselves to Adam", they prostrated themselves, but not Iblis: he refused.

Shakir: And when We said to the angels: Make obeisance to Adam, they made obeisance, but Iblis (did it not); he refused.

Muhammad Sarwar: When We told the angels to prostrate before Adam they all obeyed except Iblis (satan) who refused.

Mohsin Khan: And (remember) when We said to the angels: "Prostrate yourselves to Adam." They prostrated (all) except Iblis (Satan), who refused.

Arberry: And when We said to the angels, 'Bow yourselves to Adam'; so they bowed themselves, save Iblis; he refused.

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See Also

• Verse (20:116) Morphology - description of each Arabic word