Continuing our discussion from our previous post on the creation of mankind (which can tell us more about our purpose on Earth as described by the Quran):
Allah commanded the angels to bow to the new creation:
“And [mention] when We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate before Adam’; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He refused and was arrogant and became of the disbelievers.” [2:34]
But Iblees was a jinn, a creature from fire, he didn’t think Adam was better than him, he disobeyed God’s command.
So there were now 3 creatures:
- Angels with no free will
- Humans with free will and having shown the capacity to learn
- Jinn with free will and having shown the capacity to rebel
Next… Adam is sent to the garden… 🙂
What do you think? Share your reflections below!
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Allah created Humans to worship Him alone without any associates. Shaytan is a rebellious character inside us which often whispers to repel any good by causing doubts and unnecessary questions. Human also has Angelic character in himself. Which cause him to humble and persist in patience and tolerance given by Allah by his worship towards Allah SWT. Whoever Allah wills Guides him and Whoever Allah wills not shown him guidance. So Man holds the Quran and Sunnah to be in the straight path. Allah taught Adam the Duaa for forgiveness so whenever he slips he has to say this Duaa to overcome his guilt and never return to the mistakes.
Are we really ‘better’ than the Angels though? I always thought our goal was to be like them and less like the Shaitan?
Allah certainly calls us the best of creation, but i myself wonder why, maybe it’s in our anatomy but whatever it be, it’s most definitely not in the deeds
on further consideration i’d say
Human superiority over angels is not based on deeds alone, because angels do not disobey Allah and worship Him by nature without ego, desire, or temptation, so if deeds were the measure angels would always be superior; rather, the true distinction is free will under conflict, since humans possess desire, doubt, laziness, pain, and the influence of Shayṭān, yet still choose Allah. A human who obeys Allah while capable of disobedience performs a morally higher act than one who cannot disobey. Humans are a variable creation—some fall below animals, while others rise above angels—because their rank is potential, not guaranteed, unlike angels who are fixed. This is why Allah honored the children of Adam, taught Adam knowledge the angels did not possess, and commanded the angels to prostrate to him: not for his deeds, but for what humanity can become through conscious choice, repentance, and love-based worship.
Jin made from fire. Have we realy understood what kind of fire was it?.
Fire as usual we see in thos world?. I still don’t understang.
As we have no other idea of fire, I suppose we can only imagine it as the type of fire we know of. But Allah knows best.
I agree with the person above Allah only tells us that they are made of smokeless fire and since we can’t see them we just have to take Allah’s word for it and not think too much about it. Questions like these come from the Shaytan to make us confused.
APDTA! We think so hard on the simplest of things not seeing the importance of the whole picture… I find this all the time as a minister who has come to live and study the Quran.
Allah describes this fire as a smokeless fire, whether this fire is from our world we do not know, but recent studies shows that another state of matter called plasma could generate a smokeless flame
Allah describes this fire as a smokeless fire, whether this fire is from our world we do not know, but recent studies shows that another state of matter called plasma could generate a smokeless flame but this is only speculative, an analogy not a confirmed explanation