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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)
Similarly to the Quranic usage, the term referred to the hosts of Satan. [10] Book of Jubilees mentions the shayṭān Mastema, who commands over evil spirits (manafəsəta). [9] In later Surahs of the Quran, the shayāṭīn might have been substituted by jinn and thus introduced the idea of many devils, while in the Bible there is only one ...
Jinn (Arabic: جِنّ ), also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies, are invisible creatures in early pre-Islamic Arabia and later in Islamic culture and beliefs. [1] Like humans, they are accountable for their deeds and can be either believers or unbelievers (), depending on whether they accept God's guidance.
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.
Balaam and the Angel (1836) by Gustav Jäger.The angel in this incident is referred to as a "satan". [7]The Hebrew term śāṭān (Hebrew: שָׂטָן) is a generic noun meaning "accuser" or "adversary", [8] [9] and is derived from a verb meaning primarily "to obstruct, oppose". [10]
According to Islam, the jinn are obligated to follow the Islamic law (sharīʿa). The pairing of humans and jinn as subjects of God's judgement is settled in the Quranic phrase "al-ins wa-l-jinn" ("the humans and the jinn"). Both are created to "serve" ('abada) God (51:56), both are capable of righteous and evil deeds (11:119). The Quran ...
Sahih Muslim describes al-Jann as being created out of a mixture of fire, contrasted with the angels created from light and humans created from clay-mud. [10] Another hadith, mentioned in the collection of Al-Tirmidhi , reports that Muhammad sought refuge in God from al-Jann , the father of jinn, until Surah Al-Nas and Surah Al-Falaq had been ...