THE TENTH CHAPTER

"KNOWING IBLIS: FROM WHAT WAS HE CREATED?"

"AND WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS

NAME AND THE NAME ‘SHAYTAN’?"

IBLIS: Know that this name applies to two meanings:

The Iblis mentioned in the Quran is accursed, and he is the first who rejected, denied, and disbelieved when the Maker [Al-Bari] appeared in a human form at the descent of the world to the earth.

His denial was based on knowledge he possessed regarding the guidance; He [The Almighty] said: (And Allah led him astray based on knowledge)¹, meaning based on knowledge from him.

That is because when He appeared in the human veil, the Accursed said: "How did You not appear in me as You appeared in him?"

Have you not heard the saying of Allah the Exalted recounting him: (He said: I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay)?² It has been narrated that Iblis was created from darkness, but the first narration is more established in justice and clearer in reason, because he was luminous [Nurani] among those who descended to the earth. The proof of this is His saying:

The Gnostic's Proof - Hamza ibn Ali ibn Shu'ba al-Harrani