Lesson # 828 from the Noble Quran
Angels fell prostrate, all save Satan
Surah ‘A’-‘RAAF (The Heights) – Chapter – 7)–Stage - 2
Verse – 11 of 206,
Sections – 2 of 24 (Part - 8)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the
Merciful
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And We created you, then fashioned you, then told the
angels: Fall ye prostrate before Adam! So they fell prostrate, all save Iblis, Who was not of those who make
prostration.
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Wa laqad
khalaq-Naakum summa saw-warNaakum summa
qulNaa lil-malaaa-‘ikatisjuduu li- ‘Aadama, fasajaduuu
‘illaaa ‘Ibliis. Lam
yakum-minas-saajidiin.
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Lesson
It was told in
the previous verse: O Mankind! You were appointed as chief over the entire
creature on the earth and put it in your possession, and powers and strength
were bestowed upon you as per its requirement. All those things were created in
the earth, which were necessary to establish your life. You should use the
powers to get those things. In the external world, the entire remaining powers are
your obedient and submissive except One Power. More detail about it has been
described in this verse.
It is
commanded: We ordered the ingredients of the matter to be combined, for
creating you, then by connecting them in configuration, We fashioned the
mankind. It will come in the next Chapters that “Then We caused to enter Our
Spirit into it, after that We said to the Angels: Look! This is Adam, Who is
father of entire human beings”. Fall you prostrate before Him.
Listening to
this command, all the Angels (peace be upon Them) fell prostrate, but Iblis (Satan), who was standing with
them, did not partake among Them who fell prostrate. And his act of denial
separated him from the Angels, whereas, verbally, He used to say to Allah
Almighty, “My Lord and Allah”, but due to disobedience, He was outcast.
The birth of
Adam (peace be upon Him) has been mentioned earlier in the third Section of Surah ‘Al-Baqarah. It has been told
there that “Allah Almighty has appointed Adam as His Own Vicegerent”. Choosing Adam
as Viceroy, His children became viceroy too. This mention has been made in the last
verse of previous chapter i.e. Suratul ‘An-‘aam,
and it has already been explained there.
Here, the aim
to tell the story of Adam (peace be upon Him) is that the human beings should
be acquainted with the enmity of Satan completely and be warned properly that
they are most powerful in the world. They can inflex the things of the world as
they wish by means of their internal virtues and abilities. Entire external
powers are their servant and obedient, but one power has denied to be their
servant and obedient. Due to this reason, it has become compulsory that they
should be guided to remain attentive, so that they may understand that when
they will spend their powers for their betterment, there is such a power, which
will say/misguide through guile, by flattery and threatening, to spend their virtues,
according to his instructions, as it might be possible, due to which they will
suffer instead of reaping advantage. Therefore, they have been informed
properly that they should not use their powers in accord with the commands of Iblis. He (the Devil) is their enemy,
who will try his best to ruin them. The mankind should use his powers according
to the Commands of Almighty Allah, Which have been revealed in the Holy Qur’an.
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