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Bismillahi Rahmani Raheem Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen
Wa Sallahu Aleihi Muhammad wa Aale Muhammad wal Aima wal Maydeen wal Sallem Tasleeman
Christians and Muslims, and all the others
whom know the story of Satan, may the Curse of Allah be upon him
about Iblis, Lanatullah Alay, asks themselves
if he; especially Christians say about him that he was an Angel
and Muslims say about him that he was an Jinn
and... if we only think about it
that Angels, the Holy beings
may ignore The Command of their Lord
that creates certain problems in the way of thinking
how does this all function
if Angels can say 'no' to The Lord of the Worlds swt.
What is the Truth, is Iblis l.a. a fallen Angel or a Jinn?
That question is posed to Ahmad Al Hassan a.s.
And Ahmad Al Hassan a.s. responds
Bismillahi Rahmani Raheem Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen
Wa Sallahu Aleihi Muhammad wa Aale Muhammad wal Aima wal Maydeen wal Sallem Tasleeman
Iblis (l.a) is Jinn, but as a result of his worship he rised, until he became like the rank of the Angels
Because Jinn can rise themselves, rise in status and rank, like the rank of the Angels a.s. is
But at the end, Iblis (l.a.) rebeled against the Command of Allah swt. because of his ego and pride, and he fell into the Ambis of Hell
The Holy Qur'an Surat Al-A'raf 11-13
And We have certainly created you, [O Mankind], and given you [human] form. Then We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was not of those who prostrated. [Allah] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan l.a.] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay." [Allah] said, "Descend from Paradise, for it is not for you to be arrogant therein. So get out; indeed, you are of the debased.
Meaning that Allah swt. ordered them all to acknowledge Adam as His successor, as His Caliph on the Earth
As the one who receives Messages from God
Iblis thought that he is better then him, that he is above him
Iblis l.a. worshiped Allah for a long time, he thought that he will be chosen, that he will be the Caliph.
But Iblis l.a. did not know, the truth about Adam a.s., the truth about human being, and how high man can rise himself, more then Angels a.s. in his status and rank being devoted to Allah
And knowing Allah
And that is the reason, why the Qur'an sometimes presents Iblis l.a. as an Angel, and sometimes as a Jinn
We saw in previous verses of Surat Al-A'raf, that Allah swt. said to the Angels, Prostrate to him, and everyone prostrated except for Iblis
And in another Surah, Surat Al-Khaf:50
"And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was of the jinn and departed from the command of his Lord."
Because Jinns have their own will like we have our own will
To be obedient and to submit to The Lord of the worlds, or to choose another path
And amongst them, Jinns, like amongst people, there are good Jinns and evil Jinns
And pious and not pious, and atheists and buddists and many others
And because of that, Imam Ali bin Abu Talib a.s. said about Iblis l.a. sometimes like as an Angel in one of his speeches
And here we see what Iblis l.a. reached before he was commanded to prostrate to Adam a.s.
But his origin is the origin of Jinn, and they have thier own will, like people have their own
Aba Abdullah a.s. was asked if Iblis l.a. was from the Angels and did he receive from the Command of the Heavens anything?
Imam a.s. said he was not from the Angels and did not reach from the heaven anything..
he was from the Jinn and with the Angels
and the Angels saw him like he was from them
"And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate before Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He refused and was arrogant and became of the disbelievers." The Holy Qur'an Surat Al-Baqara: 34
But Allah swt. knew that Iblis l.a. was not one from the Angels. So when he was commanded with prostration there was with him what there was.
Dear brothers and sisters, please listen to the words of Ali bin Abu Talib a.s.
His, Iblis's l.a. His vanity stood in his way. Consequently, he felt proud over Adam by virtue of his creation and boasted over him on account of his origin, which was fire
Thus, this enemy of Allah is the leader of those who boast, and the fore-runner of the vain.
It is he who laid the foundation of factionalism, quarreled with Allah about the robe of greatness, put on the dress of haughtiness and took off the covering of humility. Do you not see how Allah made him low on account of his vanity and humiliated him for his feigning to be high? He swt. discarded him in this world and provided for him fire in the next world.
Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib a.s. continiues, You should take a lesson from what Allah did with Satan l.s.; namely He swt. nullified Iblis's l.a. great acts and extensive efforts on account of the vanity of one moment, although Iblis l.a. had worshipped Allah for six thousand years - whether by the reckoning of this world or of the next world is not known.
And then; Who now can remain safe from Allah after Iblis l.a. by committing a similar disobedience as Iblis did? None at all. Allah, the Glorified, cannot let a human being enter Paradise if he does the same thing for which He swt. turned out from it an Angel, one who was raised in the rank of Anglels
His swt. Command for the inhabitants in the Sky and of the Earth is the same. There is no friendship between Allah and any individual out of His Creation so as to give him license for an undesirable thing which He swt. has held unlawful for all the worlds.
Therefore, you should fear lest Iblis/Satan l.a. infects you with his disease, or leads you astray through his call, throgh his whispers, because his goal is to have as many as possible compagnions in the Fire
or marches on you with his horsemen and footmen, because, by my life, says Ali bin Abu Talib a.s., he has put the arrow in the bow for you, has stretched the bow strongly, and has aimed at you from a nearby position
He (Satan l.a.) said:"My Lord! because Thou hast left me to stray, certainly will I adorn unto them the path of error, and certainly will I cause them all to go astray." The Holy Qur'an Surat Al-Hijr: 39
You should therefore spend all your force against him, and all your efforts against him, because, by Allah, continues Ali bin Abu Talib a.s. , he (Iblis l.a.) boasted over your (i.e., Adam's) origin, questioned your position and spoke lightly of your lineage.
He advanced on you with his army, and they intercepts you on your way, they are chasing you from every place, and they are hitting you at every finger joint, meaning where ever they can misguide you, where ever they can hit you, in which ever way they can pull you (towards them), they will do that
You are not able to defend by any means, nor can you repulse them by any determination, ie. I will not listen to them anymore, i will lidten only to Allah swt.
You are in the thick of disgrace, the ring of straitness, the field of death and the way of distress.
But, Ali bin Abu Talib a.s. continues, You should therefore put out the fires of haughtiness and the flames of intolerance that are hidden in your hearts. This vanity can exist in a Muslim only by the machinations of Satan l.a., his haughtiness, mischief and whisperings.
Make up your mind to have humility over your heads, meaning lower your head in fron of Allah The Almighty, to trample self-pride under your feet and to cast off vanity from your necks, because it is a weight which presses you down and pushes you into the darkness, into the darkness of the Fire of Hell, and that is (almost) a complete darkness.
Adopt humility as the weapon between you and your enemy, Satan l.a. and his forces. He certainly has, from every people, fighters, helpers, footmen and horsemen.
These are the words from Ali bin Abu Talib a.s. from Nahjul Balagah, part of the sermon 191
Actualy what Iblis l.a. did?
And why he was cast out of Heaven?
Because he refused the successor of Allah, Caliph of Allah, Adam a.s., as a direction towards Allah
Because people! You are not praying towards the stone, which is in the Kaaba; Kaaba is the stone;
You are praying to that which Kaaba carries (represents)
In the following episodes we will talk about what is that which Kaaba carries, and what is the Kaaba
And then, if someone goes towards Allah swt. with many different acts of worship and does the same thing which Iblis l.a. has done...
..refuses the Caliph of Allah, refuses the successor of Allah, refuses the Messenger of Allah...
..God forbid
Then, if some man, has done similar example, as Iblis has done, and like a man from the time of Musa a.s. has done, whom reached the Greater Name, and could have seen the Throne, but he refused the Caliph of Allah swt., whom was Musa a.s. in that time, and has became like an example of a dog
This is one of the hadises of the Ahlul Bayt (a.s.)
(One of) the most difficult things in this world is to say to someone, the most difficult thing for an ego, for a pride, is to say to someone...
... you know what... you have lived wrong way your life, you believed in wrong things...
Ego and vanity can not except that; when you say to someone who is, lets say 60 years old, or 50, or 40, or 30, when you say to them.. you know what... you are a Muslim, or Christian, or else...
... but your faith has no logic in it, in such and such way, rather this (what I'm telling you) is the truth, and you give him clear evedences...
... ego and vanity, and that is a darkness inside of human being ...
... which is a part of Shaytan/Satan l.a., which flows through your blood, rejects that...
... because man, every man thinks, that he is the best...
... thinks that he is worthy of something, worthy of Mercy (of Allah swt.) if he is a believer, worthy of anything...
... and that way he becomes prideful and thinks about.. it is impossible that everyone is upon misguidance... one billion and 300 millions of Muslims and more...
... it is impossible... while...
... Muhammad sawas. says that there will be only one sect of 73, in the Last Age, that will enter Paradise...
... and we have in hadises that 2/3, or 9/10 of human population will be destroyed.
People want supremacy of people, they want to be able to choose by themselves on the elections, that they can circle or tick (next to the name of) someone who will represent them...
... like America is doing...
No one says, neither Ahmed Al Hassan a.s. says, that all the people in America are evil... No!
... what evil is, is their government system, and that which their government is doing...
It is imposed on people, the supremacy of the people, that people can choose all what they want...
... and that has nothing to do with the Supremacy of The Creator of all that which exist...
... and of yourselves and of all that which you can see... because all of these... wood... is almost non existent...
... it only has the ability to exist...
InshaAllah, in the following videos we shall explain this, what that (even) means.
And is the atom...
... which in itself, one atom... and all over are the atoms...
... all what exists is made out of atoms... and one atom is 99 procent empty.. nothingness... there is nothing inside of it...
... except Energy...
InshaAllah we shall talk about it... I hope that you liked this lecture and we shall continue, God willing, to present more from the knowledge of Ahmed Al Hassan a.s. ... the Caliph of Allah on the Earth. He is here now.
Wa Alaikum AsSalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh