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قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ ۖ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ

Word by word

قَالَ

He said

Verb

Root: قول

أَنَا۠

I am

Noun

خَيْرٌ

better

Noun

Root: خير

مِّنْهُ

than him

Preposition

خَلَقْتَنِى

You created me

Verb

Root: خلق

مِن

from

Preposition

نَّارٍ

fire

Noun

Root: نور

وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ

and You created him

Verb

Root: خلق

مِن

from

Preposition

طِينٍ

clay

Noun

Root: طين

Translation

(Iblis) said: "I am better than he: thou createdst me from fire, and him thou createdst from clay."

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

İblis dedi ki: "Ben ondan hayırlıyım. Beni ateşten yarattın, onu ise çamurdan yarattın."

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

(İblis de) “Ben ondan hayırlıyım (üstünüm). Beni ateşten yarattın; onu çamurdan yarattın.” demişti.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

He said: I am better than him. Thou createdst me of fire, whilst him Thou didst create of clay.

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain