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When God created Adam, He ordered the angels to bow before the new creation. All of the angels bowed down, but Iblis refused to do so. All of the angels bowed down, but Iblis refused to do so. He argued that since he was created from fire, he is superior to humans, who were made from clay-mud, and that he should not prostrate himself before ...
Angel, heavenly spirit created out of light or fire. [8] (Angel) Artiya'il, the angel who removes grief and depression from the children of Adam. [9] (Angel) Arina'il, guardian angel of the third heaven. [10] (Angel) Awar, a devil of lust, tempting into adultery. (Devil) Azazil, leader of angels punishing demons, Satan. (Archangel or Genie)
And God revealed: 'We never sent any apostle or prophet before you but that, when he longed, Satan cast into his longing. But God abrogates what Satan casts in, and then God puts His verses in proper order, for God is all-knowing and wise.' [Q.22:52] So God drove out the sadness from His prophet and gave him security against what he feared.
In Luke 22:31, Jesus grants Satan the authority to test Peter and the other apostles. [86] Luke 22:3–6 states that Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus because "Satan entered" him [85] and, in Acts 5:3, Peter describes Satan as "filling" Ananias's heart and causing him to sin. [87] The Gospel of John only uses the name Satan three times. [88]
Satan caused Adam and Eve to disobey God, and humanity subsequently became participants in a challenge involving the competing claims of Jehovah and Satan to universal sovereignty. [58] Other angels who sided with Satan became demons. God's subsequent tolerance of evil is explained in part by the value of free will.
[4] [5] God is said to breathe his spirit into Adam as in the Genesis creation narrative, [6] and also to have created him simply by saying "Be". [7] The Quran then depicts the angels as doubting the creation of Adam, a detail not found in the Genesis accounts: [ 8 ] [ Quran 2:30 ]
The interpretations are collected by the Quran exegete Mahmud al-Alusi: Jesus is the embodiment of God's word uttered at the moment of his conception (9:169, 14:30, 3:42), announced in the "word of God", prophesied preached by preceeding prophets; Jesus is the word of God because he speaks on behalf of God; or that Jesus is a word of God ...
The meaning of Khalifa holds different interpretations within Islamic exegesis: Successor: Adam and his descendants replace another species, who formerly inhabited and ruled the earth. Accordingly, the jinn preceded humanity, but God decided to replace them, due to their malevolence. Whereupon God sent an army of angels to annihilate the rule ...