Tafseer Surah Baqarah Verse 34 | Surah Baqarah explanation in English | Surah Baqarah explained | Surah Baqarah Ayat 34

Tafseer Surah Baqarah Verse 34 | Surah Baqarah explanation in English | Surah Baqarah explained | Surah Baqarah Ayat 34 Translation

Surah Al-Baqarah

Verse 34

2:34 Al-Baqarah

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ

And [mention] when We said to the angels, “Prostrate before Adam;” so they prostrated, except for Iblīs. He refused and was arrogant and became of the disbelievers (Al-Baqarah 2:34)

Surah Baqarah Verse 34

☘️And [mention], when your Lord said to the angels. He addresses here that he is the one who lists for us His blessings, and reminding (us) of His favours with the meaning of: Remember my actions towards you, as I blessed you and created for you and what is on the earth collectively, and said to the angels, ‘I am creating on the earth a khalīfah.’ So I honoured your father Ādam with what I gave him from My knowledge, My favours, and My dignity; and I (commanded) My angels to prostrate to him, and they did. Iblīs then excluded himself from amongst them, and his exclusion from them gives evidence that he was with them, and that he was commanded with making sujūd (prostrating) with them.

☘️This is a great honour from Allāh to Ādam, which Allāh conferred upon his offspring, for the blessings of Allāh upon the fathers are blessings from Allāh upon the children. And it is known that with thankfulness, blessings are safeguarded and increase.

☘️And [mention] when We said to the angels, “Prostrate before Adam” - a prostration of exaltation, submission, and greetings. That bunding gives evidence of humbleness – the head was not placed to the ground. So the sujūd of the angels to Ādam was to honour Ādam and obey Allāh – not to worship Ādam. Doing so showed the favour of Ādam, and his being favoured with the knowledge that Allāh had taught him.

☘️So they prostrated, except for Iblīs. He refused: Meaning, he withheld himself. Ibā’ (الاباء) is refusal to do something out of haughtiness with one’s ability to do it.

☘️And was arrogant: Istikbār (الاستكبار) is pride, arrogance, and conceitedness in the sense that a person sees in himself superiority over others. And this is a blameworthy characteristic.

☘️And became of the disbelievers by putting (himself) before the knowledge of Allāh (glorified and sublime be He). For our Lord knows what has passed and what will be, and what has not happened - if it were to happen, how it will happen. 

☘️So let a person beware of arrogance, for the arrogance of Iblis was in his heart, and it led him to refuse and disbelieve. Let a person remember the blessings of Allāh, for it invites to obedience to Him. Let a person be diligent in seeking knowledge, which was a reason for (the status of) honour for our father Ādam. Let a person beware of Iblīs and his soldiers, for he is our enemy and the enemy of our father Ādam. Let us wage war against him with acts of obedience and staying away from what is prohibited. Misdeeds are deep wounds from where the poison of Iblīs enters.

🔮No one will enter paradise in whose heart is a mustard-seed of arrogance. So take out 5 minutes very day to reflect upon what is in your your heart. 

💎 I ask Allah SWT to increase the noor in our hearts.

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