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Response by Shaahin Amiri-Sharifi to Can Angels
disobey?
--"Iblis" is not from "mala'eka" (angles), but a "jin"
according to the exact quote of Quran (18:50), and "jin"s do
have free will, unlike "mala'eka" (angles). all the angles
did bow down to Adam, again according to the exact quote of
quran (15:30 and 38:73). Here is an explanation about why
usually, and mistakenly in my opinion, "Iblis" is considered
as if he is an angle or as if he was ordered to bow down to
Adam too. The story says: God orders "angles" to bow down to
Adam (not "iblis"! he isn't included. but he was a member of
God's court and therefore present during this scenario),
they "all" do, and "iblis" refuses. this "refusal" is not,
by itself, the reason that God rejected him from himself,
after all he was not included in the given order. but his
explanation, when he reveals his racist nature (he is from
"smokeless fire" and Adam from "mud", so considers himself
higher), then God rejects him from his court.
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