The Story of Jinn, Azazil & Iblis
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
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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