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but not Iblîs,1 who refused to prostrate with the others.

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Allah asked, “O Iblîs! What is the matter with you that you did not join others in prostration?”

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He replied, “It is not for me to prostrate to a human You created from sounding clay moulded from black mud.”

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Allah commanded, “Then get out of Paradise, for you are truly cursed.

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And surely upon you is condemnation until the Day of Judgment.”

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Satan appealed, “My Lord! Then delay my end until the Day of their resurrection.”

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Allah said, “You will be delayed

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until the appointed Day.”

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Satan responded, “My Lord! For allowing me to stray I will surely tempt them on earth and mislead them all together,

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except Your chosen servants among them.”

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