”بعد أن أعلم الله تعالى الملائكة مكانة آدم وأنه جعله خليفة في الأرض، أمرهم بالسجود له سجود خضوع لا سجود عبادة، اعترافا بفضله واعتذارًا عما قالوه في شأنه من قولهم: أتجعل فيها من يفسد فيها.“

Translation	After Allah informed the angels of Adam’s rank and that He has made him His agent on earth, He commanded the angels to bow down to him out of humility, not worship, as an acknowledgement of his rank and an apology to him for their saying about him: “will You [O Allah] put on [earth] someone who creates corruption in it?”
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Source	Tafseer al-Maraghi by Sheikh Ahmad Mustafa al-Maraghi. First impression 1946. Mustafa al-Babi al-Halabi and Sons Library and Printing Company. Egypt

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