18:50 Behold! We said to the angels, "Bow down to Adam": They bowed down except Iblis. He was one of the Jinns, and he broke the Command of his Lord. Will ye then take him and his progeny as protectors rather than Me? And they are enemies to you! Evil would be the exchange for the wrong-doers!
acording to the above verse
the command was not directed at satan but at the angels only.
satan was not an angel but ajinn
So he never broke any command.
it is like:
THE TEACHER CAME TO THE CLASS AND SAID: I WANT ALL THE BOYS TO STAND UP. ALL THE BOYS STOOD UP EXCEPT FATUMA.SHE WAS ONE OF THE GIRLS AND SHE BROKE THE COMMAND OF THE TEACHER.
now what command has fatuma broken?
Can the teacher punish fatuma for not standing up?
so in the same way what command has SATAN broken when the command was not directed at him.
And how can he be punished ?
Thanks
2006-11-08 23:58:08 · 14 answers · asked by Omar 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"Prostrate yourself before Adam". They all prostrated themselves except Satan, who refused to prostrate himself.
" Why did you not prostrate yourself when i commanded you ?" He asked.
"I am nobler then he," He replied " you created me from fire, but you created him form clay."
He said "Get down hence!" Humble shall you henceforth be."
He replied: "Reprieve me till the day of resurrection."
"You are reprieve," said he.
"because you have led me into sin," He declared, "i will waylay your servants as they walk on your straight path, the spring upon them from the front and from the rear, from their right and from their left. Then you will find the greater part of them ungrateful."
"Begone !" he said. "A despicable outcast you shall henceforth be. As for those that follow you , I shall fill Hell with you all."
And you can clearly see it says "Why did you not prostrate when i commanded you ?" He asked.
Satan was a Jinn true, but he was raised to be among angels because he was the best of all the Jinn and worshiped God perfectly. He was angry and jealous when asked to prostrate to Adam as he felt he was Superior having been created thousands of years before Adam. That's why he was with the angels and he was included in being asked to prostrate.
2006-11-09 00:30:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
did the Jinn start as angels as they would have in the BIble
satan is a fallen angel
although I think Satan ultimately fell because He would not glorify God and led a rebellion instead... the angels were meant to serve the redeemed and it is entirely possible Satan rebelled over the idea of serving this Adam creature made from dust who appeared so much lower than himself
2006-11-09 08:03:57 · answer #2 · answered by whirlingmerc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Satan was not an angell but a jinn then he has done nothing wrong but then this is a big contradiction with Thora and the Bible who estated clearly that Satan was a fallen angell .....so Mohamed came again with a different message ,( like so manny others)other then what was written in Thora and Bible ,so Quran is not a confirmation of Thora and Bible but contradict flagrant with both of them ...now go figure out why .:))
2006-11-09 08:16:11 · answer #3 · answered by bia b 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The story of Satan was mentioned in the holy Quran in different chapters and he refused directly the order because of two bad characters considered the source of all other sins i.e: arrogance and envy. Adam and Eve both disobey but they felt sorry and repent fast so they were forgiven.
2006-11-09 08:30:43 · answer #4 · answered by lukman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wait a second man.!just go n read quran carefully.satan was God's most favourite angel n he was most powerful among al da angels coz he was made of fire and no doubt he was an angel too.dats y he is stil alive coz God said to him dat he wil live until da day of judgemnet only coz he hv worshipped God very much.but he was punished coz he didnt obeyed ALLAH ALMIGHTY n got proud and didnt bowed prophet (pbuh) n said dat prophet(pbuh) is made frm mud n is a weak human n he frm fire n hez more powerful.so inshort he was punished for not obeyin Gog n gettin proud.
hope u get it.
tc.bye
2006-11-09 08:12:01 · answer #5 · answered by sabi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the point you missed is that although Satan was a jinn he prayed & obeyed the Lord so perfectly so that the Lord let him among the angels & actually rose his rank to an angel.so he should have obeyed & bowed.
That's what they say, not my idea.
2006-11-09 08:11:33 · answer #6 · answered by bookend 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he will be punished bcos he has promised to led all the human and he Jinns go astray, becoming sinners and nonbeliever as him.
Why he want to that, bcos of his pride and arrogance for being strip from God grace of not following His command to bow.
2006-11-09 08:05:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they thought that the "Jinns" were a subcategory of the "angels" .... It doesn't specify that the two terms are mutually exclusive.
2006-11-09 08:03:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How has "satan" been punished, as he still walks freely in the heavens?
Soon however, there will be a major shake up on our world, and in the heavens.
And we will have more than ONE evil being to contend with!
2006-11-09 08:03:23 · answer #9 · answered by zenbuddhamaster 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
ask God about that why he punished ur brother satan. why wasting our time on yahoo. and to ask God u have to go to him. do u ready to go?
2006-11-09 08:38:02 · answer #10 · answered by Eccentric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋