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: