"And We have created you, then We fashioned you." Mujahid said: This means: We fashioned you in the loins of Adam.

"Then We said to the angels, 'Prostrate before Adam.'" Al-Hasan said: Iblis was not one of the angels; he was created from the fire of the scorching wind (al-samum), while the angels were created from light. Allah commanded the angels to prostrate to Adam and also commanded Iblis to prostrate to him, thus including all those commanded together.