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quran:38:76 –

He said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."  

He said, ‘I am better than him. You created me from fire and You created him from clay’.
القرآن:٣٨:٧٦ –

قَالَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ ۖ خَلَقْتَنِي مِنْ نَارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ طِينٍ  

{قال أنا خير منه خلقتني من نار وخلقته من طين}.

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quran:7:12 –

˹Allah˺ said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" ˹Satan˺ said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."  

He, exalted be He, said, ‘What prevented you from falling prostrate (allā is ˹made up of˺ an-lā, the lā being extra) when I commanded you?’ He ˹Iblīs˺ said, ‘I am better than him. You created me from fire, while him You created from clay’.
القرآن:٧:١٢ –

قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ ۖ قَالَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِي مِنْ نَارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ طِينٍ  

{قال} تعالى {ما منعك أن} {لا} زائدة {تسجد إذ} حين {أمرتك قال أنا خير منه خلقتني من نار وخلقته من طين}.