STORIES OF THE PROPHETS
PROPHET ADAM (ALAYHI SALAAM)
BISMILLAHI AR RAHMAN AR RAHIM
Assalamu Alaykum all mumineen wal muminaat
There were many traditions about Iblis at the time of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Ibn Masud, Ibn Abbas and a group of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said that Iblis had been the head of the angels in the worldly heavens. Ibn Abbas said in one narration that his name had been Azazil and in another narration he said it had been Al Harith. Ibn Abbas also said that Iblis was a jinn and that they had once been the keepers of Paradise, with Iblis the most honorable and the most learned and the most pious of them. Another tradition says that he had been one of the famous four possessors of wings (angels), before Allah transformed him into the accursed Satan.
Allah Almighty recounts Iblis's disobedience in another surah: "Remember when your Lord said to the angels:
'Truly I am going to create man from clay. So when I have fashioned him and breathed into him (his) soul created by Me, then you fall down prostrate to him.' So the angels prostrated themselves all of them; except Iblis, he was proud and was one of the disbelievers." Allah said: "The truth is, and the truth I say, that I will fill Hell with you and those of them (mankind) that follow you together."
(Ch 38:71-85 Quran).
The Reason for Adam's Creation
After this lesson about freedom Adam learned another lesson, one about knowledge. Adam realized that Iblis was the symbol of evil in the universe and that the angels were the symbol of good. However he did not yet know anything about himself. Then Allah made him perceive his true identity and the reason for his creation, and the secret of his glorification. Allah the Exalted said: "He taught Adam all the names of everything". (Ch 2:31 Quran).
Teaching Adam
Almighty Allah granted Adam the power to know the natures of all things and to summarize them by names; that is a bird, that is a star, that is a tree, etc Allah implanted in Adam an insatiable need for and love of knowledge and a desire to bequeath knowledge to his children. This was the reason for his creation and the secret of his glorification. After Adam had learned the names of all things, along with their properties and uses, Allah presented them to the angels and said: "Tell Me the names of these if you are truthful."(Ch 2:31 Quran) The angels admitted their inability: "Glory be to You, we have knowledge except what You have taught us. Verily it is You the All Knower, the All Wise."
(Ch 2:32) Allah Almighty then turned to Adam:
"O Adam! Inform them of their names," and when he had informed them of their names, He said: 'Did I not tell you that I know the unseen in the heavens and the earth, and I know what you reveal and what you have been hiding?'" (Ch 2:33).
May Allah increase us in knowledge, aid us in spreading His words and bless you all for reading. Aameen. Remember Al Iman Ibn Kathir in your daily prayers, he's the heart of these messages It worth sharing, please do share, if i've mistaken any of my words, my Allah forgive me, to be continued in shaa Allah in the next episode. Assalamu Alaykum.
STORIES OF THE PROPHETS
PROPHET ADAM (ALAYHI SALAAM)
BISMILLAHI AR RAHMAN AR RAHIM
Assalamu Alaykum all mumineen wal muminaat
There were many traditions about Iblis at the time of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Ibn Masud, Ibn Abbas and a group of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said that Iblis had been the head of the angels in the worldly heavens. Ibn Abbas said in one narration that his name had been Azazil and in another narration he said it had been Al Harith. Ibn Abbas also said that Iblis was a jinn and that they had once been the keepers of Paradise, with Iblis the most honorable and the most learned and the most pious of them. Another tradition says that he had been one of the famous four possessors of wings (angels), before Allah transformed him into the accursed Satan.
Allah Almighty recounts Iblis's disobedience in another surah: "Remember when your Lord said to the angels:
'Truly I am going to create man from clay. So when I have fashioned him and breathed into him (his) soul created by Me, then you fall down prostrate to him.' So the angels prostrated themselves all of them; except Iblis, he was proud and was one of the disbelievers." Allah said: "The truth is, and the truth I say, that I will fill Hell with you and those of them (mankind) that follow you together."
(Ch 38:71-85 Quran).
The Reason for Adam's Creation
After this lesson about freedom Adam learned another lesson, one about knowledge. Adam realized that Iblis was the symbol of evil in the universe and that the angels were the symbol of good. However he did not yet know anything about himself. Then Allah made him perceive his true identity and the reason for his creation, and the secret of his glorification. Allah the Exalted said: "He taught Adam all the names of everything". (Ch 2:31 Quran).
Teaching Adam
Almighty Allah granted Adam the power to know the natures of all things and to summarize them by names; that is a bird, that is a star, that is a tree, etc Allah implanted in Adam an insatiable need for and love of knowledge and a desire to bequeath knowledge to his children. This was the reason for his creation and the secret of his glorification. After Adam had learned the names of all things, along with their properties and uses, Allah presented them to the angels and said: "Tell Me the names of these if you are truthful."(Ch 2:31 Quran) The angels admitted their inability: "Glory be to You, we have knowledge except what You have taught us. Verily it is You the All Knower, the All Wise."
(Ch 2:32) Allah Almighty then turned to Adam:
"O Adam! Inform them of their names," and when he had informed them of their names, He said: 'Did I not tell you that I know the unseen in the heavens and the earth, and I know what you reveal and what you have been hiding?'" (Ch 2:33).
May Allah increase us in knowledge, aid us in spreading His words and bless you all for reading. Aameen. Remember Al Iman Ibn Kathir in your daily prayers, he's the heart of these messages It worth sharing, please do share, if i've mistaken any of my words, my Allah forgive me, to be continued in shaa Allah in the next episode. Assalamu Alaykum.