38.61 . They say : Our Lord! Whoever did prepare this for Us , oh , give him double portion of the Fire!

38.62 . And they say : What aileth us that we behold not men whom we were wont to count among the wicked?

38.63 . Did we take them ( wrongly ) for a laughing stock , or have our eyes missed them?

38.64 . Lo! that is very truth : the wrangling of the dwellers in the Fire .

38.65 . Say ( unto them , O Muhammad ) : I am only a warner , and there is no God save Allah , the One , the Absolute ,

38.66 . Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them , the Mighty , the Pardoning .

38.67 . Say : It is tremendous tidings

38.68 . Whence ye turn away!

38.69 . I had no knowledge of the Highest Chiefs when they disputed ;

38.70 . It is revealed unto me only that I may be a plain warner .

38.71 . When thy Lord said unto the angels : lo! I am about to create a mortal out of mire ,

38.72 . And when I have fashioned him and breathed into him of My spirit , then fall down before him prostrate ,

38.73 . The angels fell down prostrate , every one .

38.74 . Saving Iblis , he was scornful and became one of the disbelievers .

38.75 . He said : O Iblis! What hindereth thee from falling prostrate before that which I have created with both My hands? Art thou too proud or art thou of the high

38.76 . He said : I am better than him . Thou createdst me off fire , whilst him Thou didst create of clay .

38.77 . He said : Go forth from hence , for lo! thou art outcast ,

38.78 . And lo! My curse is on thee till the Day of Judgment .

38.79 . He said : My Lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised .

38.80 . He said : Lo! thou art of those reprieved