His name was Azazeel. He is also known as Iblees. He used to pray a lot and even used to give lectures to the angels. One day there was a notice in the heavens which said that someone was going to be ordered out of the heavens. All the angels were very worried because they thought it might be one of them. They went to Jibrael who was one of the most important angels to ask him whether he could do anything. Jibrael said he too was worried because it might be himself. Jibrael suggested that they go to Azazeel because he was very clever. Azazeel told them not to worry at all for the would pray to Allah for all of them. He forgot himself thinking he was the best and it could never be him. He had kibr (pride). Allah made the first human being - Prophet Adam (as). He asked all the angels including Azazeel to do sajdah to Prophet Adam (as). Iblees disobeyed Allah and refused to do sajdah saying that he was better than Prophet Adam (as) and so he would not do sajdah."I am made out of fire and he is made out of earth!" he told Allah. You see, he was only looking at the outside and not the inside and more important, he disobeyed Allah. He was ordered out of heaven.(thanks Ehtesham)
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My dear brother, you mentioned that Iblis was an Angel, but wasn't the fact that he was made out of fire and that he was a Jinn?
I also was of the understanding that Angels had no free will.
Please correct me if i'm wrong.
yes jaffar you are right.
Yes, Iblis was a Jinn, but he was allowed to be in Jannah and was given close or even equal status with the angels. So when you hear anything about the angels and Iblis is included in the topic, he was considered as one of the angels. Allah SWT knows best.
Angels, like humans, have a will, but angels choose only to be obedient to Allah . They do not sin. They perform only that which Allah ordered them to do.
^Angels dont have a will of their own, they can't disobey Allah's order, this is what makes us superior to angels, we have a will to choose good on bad and they dont.
Salam, ONLY HUMANS AND JINN HAVE FREE WILL THE ANGELS DON'T , HUMANS ARE CREATED FROM DIRT (EARTH), JINN FROM SMOKELESS FLAME,AND THE ANGELS FROM NOOR (LIGHT). AND THIS ARTICLE BOUT IBLIS TEACHING THE ANGELS WHERE IS THE PROOF FROM ?
WATCH : SHEIKH IMRAN HOSEIN , AL QURAN AND AKHIR AL - ZAMAN . YOU WILL LEARN SO MUCH GOD WILLING
I was watching Dr. Israr's lectures about surah Baqarah. He says that its not that angels cannot have free will but rather they do not choose anything wrong. Just as Allah has a choice of forgiving some sinner but he is all just and wise similarly angels can do wrong but they dont.
If this is true then what about the fallen angles concept in Christianity, the angels who disobeyed God. Similarly the extract mentions angles went to Iblees because he was clever indicates that if he suggested something the angels would choose to do that.
Please help me understand this issue.
Do you all believe all this old fairy stories and nonsense? You know there is no such thing as Allah and devil and angel and prophet. Its all children stories.
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