Allah said: O Iblis! what preventeth thee from prostrating thyself before that which have created with both my hands? Becomest thou stiff-necked, or art thou of the exalted ones?
فرمود: «اى ابليس، چه چيز تو را مانع شد كه براى چيزى كه به دستان قدرت خويش خلق كردم سجده آورى؟ آيا تكبر نمودى يا از [جمله‌] برترى‌جويانى؟»