Page 10 - The Arrogance of Satan

INTRODUCTION

Allah created the angels and jinn before He created the
Prophet Adam. They were glorifying Allah with praise. Then,
Allah created Adam (as), the first human being, and
commanded the angels to prostrate themselves to him.
With wholehearted obedience, the angels complied with
Allah' s command and prostrated themselves to Adam. Yet,
Iblis (Diabolis), one of the jinn, rebelled against this
command. That is because, he believed that he was superior
to Adam (as). Out of this arrogance, he replied to the
question posed to him by Allah: "Iblis, what prevented you
prostrating to what I created with My own Hands? Were
you overcome by arrogance or are you one of the exalted?"
(Surah Sad: 75), as follows:

"I am better than him. You created me from fire but You
created him from clay."(Surah Sad: 76)
Iblis, who dared such a disobedience to Allah' s
command, was denounced by Allah and was destined to the
eternal torment of Hell.
The reason why Iblis revolted against Allah was due to his