Establishment of the superiority of Man Khaleelpudur21:52 0 comments

Establishment of the superiority of Man
The next part of the story Allah mentions by saying: "And when We said to the Angels "Prostrate before Adam !'' So they prostrated, all but Iblis (Satan himself) he refused and showed arrogance and became one of the disbelievers." Allah commanded the Angels to prostrate before Adam  because he wanted to display his superiority, so He commanded the Angels to prostrate before Adam . All the Angels prostrated before Adam  except Iblis. A question may arise that Allah ordered the Angels to prostrate not a jinn because the Quran says: "He Iblis was of the Jinn, so he trangressed against his Lords command". The answer to this question is that when Allah gave the command to prostarate, he was present in the assembly  and was with the Angels observing tasbih and tahlil. So when Allah commanded to prostrate, he was included in the command and he himself took it to apply to him. So when he did not prostrate he did not say he was not of Angels and the command was not meant for him but instead he answered haughtily and in arrogance. When Allah asked Iblis " What prevented you that you did not prostrate, when I commanded you " Iblis (the Shaytan) replied "I am better than he, you created me of fire, while you created him of clay" (Al-A'raf 7:12). The devil meant to say that he was superior to Adam  because he was created of fire, and fire seeks height and loftiness. Adam  was created of clay so how could clay compare with fire. Satan's answer was a result of ignorant pride. Therefore, Allah made it clear to him that his pride and arrogance was a result of his ignorance and made him blind from recognising the right of his creation and the respect due to him. So the devil did not recognise that this ignorance prevented him from recognising the truth. Because of his foolish act, he was thrown out of paradise, cursed as Allah mentions in the Quran: "He (Allah) said go away from here (paradise), surely you are one accursed." (Al-Hijr 15:34). From this episode, we can learn a lesson that the first ever sin to be done was pride and arrogance from Iblis (Shaytan). Due to this, he was thrown out of paradise and was also accursed. Arrogance is to be mentioned as a disease of heart because it just leads a person from one sin to another, which deprives one from recognising the truth, like it happend to Iblis. May Allah save us all form this major sin. Ameen. A question may arise that Iblis had attained such a high degree in knowledge that he was called "The Peacock among the Angels" Then how did he come to commit such an error? Some scholars say that it was because of his pride and arrogance. Allah took back from him the wealth of knowledge and understanding. Others have suggested that his error was due to self love and ambition.