In Islam, the Devil is known as Iblis (Arabic: , plural: Ablisa) or Shayn (Arabic: , plural: Shayn). According to the Quran, God created Iblis out of smokeless FIRE or from the PURE FLAME OF FIRE (along with all of the other JINN) and He created MAN out of CLAY, and ANGELS out of LIGHT. In Islamic theology jinn are said to be creatures with free will, made from smokeless fire by Allah as humans were made of clay, among other things. According to the Quran, jinn have free will, and Iblīs abused this freedom in front of Allah by refusing to bow to Adam when Allah ordered angels and jinn to do so. For disobeying Allah, Iblīs was expelled from Paradise and called Shayṭān (Satan).
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 18:41:54 +0000