From Wahab: The Lord of the worlds created the fire of Sammun. From this
Fire of Sammun He created the Jinn. �And the Jinn created We before of
fire flaming� (Al-Hijr.27). The first of the Jinn was named Marij and
the Lord created second one to be his wife, and she was named Marija.
They had a son and they called him Jinn. From them derived all the clans
of the Jinn, including Iblis. And the Lord gave them the earth to dwell
therein. And they lived and worshipped there for a long time. So much
did they worship that the angels grew amazed, and said to the Lord of
the Heavens and Earth; � Oh our Lord, raise them up to heaven, so that
we might learn from them and follow their good example.�So the Lord
brought Iblis, then Azazil, up to be among the angels and he lived with
them in the first heaven. Others remained living on earth and, remained
righteous, while a number of them became sinners and transgressed the
law, as didi the children of Adam (A.S) after them.
And the earth began to complain of them to the Lord. � Oh my Lord, have
you created me that I should be peopled by disobedient-folk?�. The Lord
answered � Oh earth, be patient, I shall send prophets among them to
lead them back to the straight path�. Until that time no prophets had
appeared among the Jinn. The Lord sent to them 800 prophets and they
killed each one. At last the Lord spoke to Azazil in the first heaven.
And He said to him � Go. Azazil. Go and fight the unbelievers of your
people living on earth.� Azazil obeyed and descended onto earth and
fought the unbelievers, vanquishing them then the Lord sent down a fire
from the skies and it consumed them, so not a trace remained. The only
Jinn left alive were the believing and worshipping Jinn.
Again Azazil prayed so eagerly that he was raised up into the first
heaven, or according to one narration, he worshipped so much in the
first heaven that he was raised up through all the seven heavens and
above them. He worshipped on the earth. He worshipped on the heavens,
until Adam (A.S) was brought into existence. Then the Lord ordered all
the angels to bow down before Adam (A.S).and all the angels obeyed
except Iblis.
From Hassan Al Basri (R.A): Iblis worshipped above the seven heavens for
more than 70 000 years, until he was raised to the station of Ridwan
which is very high station, Ridwan being the guardian of Paradise. Iblis
was the guardian of Paradise for 1000 years. Once he read an
inscription on the gates of paradise, and it read: � There is a servant
among the most highly favoured servants of the Almighty Lord, and for a
long time he will be obedient and serve his Lord well; there will come a
day , however, on which he will oppose his Lord and disobey, and he
will be driven from His gates and be cursed.� Iblis, who was then still
called Azazil, read and wondered at this prediction. � How can that be.�
He asked. � that one of the closest servants to the Lord should grow
disobedient to the Lord of the Worlds and be driven from His Holy
Nearness? Oh Lord�, he pleaded. �Give me permission to curse that
rebellious one, whoever he may be.� The Lord gave him permission, and
Iblis showered curses upon that future sinner for one thousand years,
knowing not that it was to be himself.
There is a conflict of opinion between people as to wether Iblis was of
the Angels or of the Jinn. But it is written in the Holy Quran, �he was
one of the Jinn and committed ungodliness against his Lord�s command�.
Because of his extreme virtue and the intensity of his prayers, The Lord
raised him up into the heavens to live among the angels. When the Lord
ordered them all to bow down and prostrate before Adam (A.S), he refused
and his hidden disobedient was exposed.
From: LORE of Light: Stories from the lives of the Prophets
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