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Said he, 'Do You see - in other words, inform me: this one whom You have honoured, [whom] You have preferred, above me?, by commanding that prostration should be made before him, when 'I am better than him. You created me from fire, while him You created from clay' [Q. 7:12]. If (la-in: the lām is for oaths) You defer me to the Day of Resurrection I shall verily eradicate his seed, by leading them astray, [all] save a few', of them, of those whom You have given [divine] protection.