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Surah Al-Hijr · سُوْرَةُ الْحِجْرِ · Juz 14

Q 15:29

فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَـٰجِدِينَ

Translations

And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."
Sahih International · EN
et dès que Je l'aurai harmonieusement formé et lui aurai insufflé Mon souffle de vie, jetez-vous alors, prosternés devant lui».
Muhammad Hamidullah · FR

Tafsir

If I fashion his image and perfect his creation then prostrate to him in obedience to My command and to greet him.

Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir al-Quran · Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies
Read Ibn Kathir (Ibn Kathir (abridged, English))
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]

Arabic text: Tanzil (Uthmani). Translations: Sahih International (en), Muhammad Hamidullah (fr). tanzil.net