He said: O Iblis! what prevented you that you should do obeisance to him whom I created with My two hands? Are you proud or are you 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؟»