Surah Al-Hijr, Ayah 31 (15:31)

ٱلْحِجْر

إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ

Quran 15:31 is ayah 31 of Surah Al-Hijr (“The Rocky Tract”), a Meccan surah of 99 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 263 of the Madani Mushaf.

15:31
إِلَّآإِبْلِيسَأَبَىٰٓأَنيَكُونَمَعَٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ٣١
illā ib'līsa abā an yakūna maʿa l-sājidīna

Except Iblees; he refused to be with those who prostrated.(31)

Word by word

  1. إِلَّآillāExcept
  2. إِبْلِيسَib'līsaIblis
  3. أَبَىٰٓabāHe refused
  4. أَنanto
  5. يَكُونَyakūnabe
  6. مَعَmaʿawith
  7. ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَl-sājidīnathose who prostrated

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