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The Story of Jinn, Azazil

& Iblis
Posted by: Sohail Ahmed Shaikh on: June 10, 2008

In: Stories of Awliya Allah / Sufism / Sahaba / Jinn / Geni

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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

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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

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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 favored
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 whether 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 Lords 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.

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From: LORE of Light: Stories from the lives of the Prophets

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