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precaution. Allah has prepared a humiliating (Your Lord said to the angels,) ‘When I have
punishment for the disbelievers. (4:102) formed him and breathed My Spirit into him, fall
We lifted up the Mount above their heads in ac- down in prostration in front of him!’ (15:29)
cordance with the covenant they had made, and Then the angels prostrated all together, every one
We said to them, ‘Enter the gate prostrating,’ and of them–except Diabolis. He disdained to be one
We said to them, ‘Do not break the Sabbath,’ and of the prostrators. (15:30-31)
We made a binding covenant with them. (4:154) He said, ‘Diabolis, what is it that prevents you
We created you and then formed you and then being among the prostrators?’ (15:32)
We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate before Adam,’ He said, ‘I will not prostrate to a human being
and they prostrated–except for Diabolis. He was whom You have created out of dried clay formed
not among those who prostrated. (7:11) from fetid black mud.’ (15:33)
He said, ‘What prevented you from prostrating So glorify your Lord with praise and be one of the
when I commanded you to?’ He (Diabolis) prostrators. (15:98)
replied, ‘I am better than him. You created me Do they not see the things Allah has created,
from fire and You created him from clay.’ (7:12) casting their shadows to the right and to the left,
The magicians threw themselves down in pros- prostrating themselves before Allah in complete
tration. (7:120) humility? (16:48)
When they were told: ‘Live in this town and eat Everything in the heavens and every creature on
of it wherever you like and say, "Relieve us of our the earth prostrates to Allah, as do the angels.
burdens!" and enter the gate prostrating. Your They are not puffed up with pride. (16:49)
mistakes will be forgiven you. We will grant in- When We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate your-
crease to good-doers.’ (7:161) selves to Adam!’ they prostrated, except for
Those who are in the presence of your Lord do Diabolis. He said ‘What! Am I to prostrate to one
not consider themselves too great to worship You have created out of clay?’ (17:61)
Him. They glorify His praise and they prostrate to Say: ‘Believe in it or do not believe in it.’
Him. (7:206) Certainly, when it is recited to them, those who
Those who repent, those who worship, those were given knowledge before it fall on their faces
who praise, those who fast, those who bow, in prostration,’ (17:107)
those who prostrate, those who command the When We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate your-
right, those who forbid the wrong, those who selves to Adam,’ they prostrated with the excep-
preserve the limits of Allah: give good news to tion of Diabolis. He was one of the jinn and
the believers. (9:112) wantonly deviated from his Lord’s command. Do
When Yusuf told his father, ‘Father! I saw eleven you take him and his offspring as protectors apart
bright stars, and the sun and moon as well. I saw from Me when they are your enemy? How evil is
them all prostrate in front of me.’ (12:4) the exchange the wrongdoers make! (18:50)
He (Yusuf) raised his parents up onto the throne. Those are some of the Prophets Allah has
The others fell prostrate in front of him. He said, blessed, from the descendants of Adam and from
‘My father, truly this is now the interpretation of those We carried with Nuh, and from the descen-
the dream I had. My Lord has made it all come dants of Ibrahim and Isra’il and from those We
true; and He was kind to me by letting me out of guided and chose. When the Signs of the All-
prison and brought you from the desert when Merciful were recited to them they fell on their
Satan had caused dissent between me and my faces, weeping, in prostration. (19:58)
brothers. My Lord is kind to anyone He wills. He The magicians threw themselves down in pros-
is indeed All-Knowing and All-Wise.’ (12:100) tration. They said, ‘We believe in the Lord of
Everyone in heaven and earth prostrates to Allah Harun and Musa.’ (20:70)
willingly or unwillingly, as do their shadows in When We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate your-
the morning and the evening. (13:15) selves to Adam!’ they prostrated, with the excep-
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