Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Surah Al-Hijr
Surah 15 · Al-Hijr · verse 30 of 99

Quran 15:30 · Al-Hijr

فَسَجَدَ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعُونَ

So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely

Translation: Sahih International
Maulana’s commentary · Tazkirul Quran

Satan’s ostensible reason for not prostrating himself was that a human being was lower in status than he. But, in fact, the real reason was Satan’s own inferiority complex. He resented it that all creatures were not made to honour him by prostrating themselves before him, as they did before Adam, considering that he had been created before Adam, a human being, whom he considered inferior to himself. He could not agree to pay homage to an undeserving being. It is this type of pride and envy which are collectively at the root of all evils. In the present world such circumstances confront man again and again. One who does not become envious on such occasions has, in effect, followed the example of the angels and one who becomes a victim of envy has, in effect, followed Satan.

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, Tazkirul Quran

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