prostrating before that which I have created with My hands?' Qatada said: Ka'b said, 'Indeed, Allah did not create anything with His hand except for three things: He created Adam with His hand, He wrote the Torah with His hand, and He planted the Garden [of Paradise] with His hand.'

'Are you arrogant?' means: have you become haughty?

Muhammad said: The preferred reading for (astakbarta) is with the alif opened, indicating an interrogative form.