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15:30

فَسَجَدَ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعُونَ

Fasajada almalaikatu kulluhum ajmaAAoona

So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,

Word by word
  1. فَسَجَدَSo prostrated
  2. ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُthe Angels
  3. كُلُّهُمۡall of them
  4. أَجۡمَعُونَtogether
Al-Hijr · 15:30Makkah

Every single angel bowed, no exceptions among them.

Complete obedience, all together

The response
the commandfall down in prostration
obeyed by
the angelsall of them, together
How they obeyed
obey if it makes sensequestions first
all, entirelyno delay, no exception

The command was given and the angels prostrated, all of them together. Ibn Kathir notes that the bowing was an honor for Adam. The emphasis on every single one sets up the contrast in the very next verse, where one figure among them refuses.

The prayer time notification lights up your screen during a meeting that can wait. Part of you says later. The angels did not negotiate. You are not an angel, but you can borrow their speed once today.

I will obey when it fits my schedule.

Obedience at its best is complete and immediate, the way the angels bowed.

Try this

When the next prayer time comes, get up within five minutes.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 15:28)

And (remember) when your Lord said to the angels: "I am going to create a man (Adam) from dried (sounding) clay of altered mud. (28)"So, when I have fashioned him completely and breathed into him (Adam) of My spirit (the soul which I created for him,) then fall down, prostrating yourselves before him. (29)So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together (30)Except Iblis (Shaytan) - he refused to be among the prostrate (31)(Allah) said: "O Iblis! What is your reason for not being among the prostrate? (32)[Iblis] said: "I am not one to prostrate myself to a human, whom You created from dried (sounding) clay of altered mud. (33)

The creation of Adam, the Command to the Angels to prostrate to Him, and the Rebellion of Iblis

Allah informs us of how He mentioned Adam to His angels before He created him, and how He honored him by commanding the angels to prostrate to him. He mentions how His enemy Iblis, amidst all the angels, refused to prostrate to him out of envy, disbelief, stubbornness, arrogance, and false pride. This is why Iblis said:

لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

(I am not one to prostrate myself to a human, whom You created from dried (sounding) clay of altered mud.) this is like when he said,

قَالَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِي مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِن طِينٍ

(I am better than him (Adam), You created me from Fire and him You created from clay.)(7:12) and

أَرَأَيْتَكَ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كَرَّمْتَ عَلَيَّ

("Do you see this one whom You have honored above me...")[17:62]