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but has created the man i.e. Adam(as.) with His own hands (Sura, Saad:75) and then breathed into from His soul. (Sura, Hijar: 29). Only this single thing is enough to realize that how much gravity, prestige and affection He has added with this creation. Very important fact to note, Allah has used the word ‘from my soul’, directly the creator’s soul. That means all the attributes and qualities of the creator has come to man. Even the free will power also. Indicating this Allah has said, “I have submitted my amanat to man.” (Sura, Ahjab: 72). None of the creation including malayeks do not belong to these attributes of Allah. All of those are running following the rules of Allah. These are knows as natural system. No one is able to deviate a hairs split from His rules. Because they have not provided free will power to do so. Only Allah has the free will power to do whatever and whenever He likes. When Allah has breathed his soul into man, all His attributes with free will power has come in. All the creation frightened to accept the amanat of Allah i.e. His soul rather than man; with which he has proved himself the injustice and foolish. (Sura, al-ahjab: 72). Before submitting the soul of Allah, man was just usual one of the numerous numbers of creations. When he breathed into from the soul of the creator just then has converted as a unique one. He has become the representative of the greatest creator with all of His attributes including every power.
Difference remains only in case of degree of power. The power man provided with was extremely little. Let’s consider a drop of water of ocean for explain the matter. If you analyze a drop of water collected from ocean, its physical and chemical properties and composition will similar as the oceanic water, but it can’t make a devastating storm, can’t submerge a ship as well. Again if you fire up a candle form the sun, it will contain all the properties of sun’s fire but can’t be able to heated up and enlighten planets like the sun. Nevertheless, the flame of the candle is similar as the sun.
Secondly, the creator has made this new creation learn the name of everything. (Sura, al-bakarah:31). That means, Allah has teaches them about all the creation, their properties, functions, working method etc. in a word, science. The science on which, all the creation has based on. This is making us understand that, Man will achieve the knowledge of every creation of the universe. Man is now conversant on more of the creation in comparison to the number of thousand years before and obviously this number will increase in far future. Allah asks the malaeks whether they know about all creations, but they don’t. (Sura, al-bakarah: 32) The reason, I mentioned earlier, they are only a natural power, and they have not the talent to alter as they commanded to do. Thirdly, calling the malayeks, Allah has commanded to sajda, prostrate them before Adam. They all obey Allah except iblis(Satan). (Sura, al-bakarah: 34)What it means? It means, the malayeks obeyed Adam as the great and superior due to bearing the soul of Allah which is absent in them. Secondly, Allah has employed all the natural powers for the service of man. Fire, water, air, electricity, magnet, soil etc. billions of malayeks are under this job. Only iblis disobeyed Allah and denied to prostrate before Adam.
One question may arose here, if the malayeks are natural power without free will, belong to them how iblis become able to disobey Allah? Answer is to say is, all the malayeks are created of light, except iblis who is made of fire. In fact iblis is a gin rather than malayek. He rose to the stage of malayeks through austere ascetic practice and worshiping. Though he has no free will power but due to being created with fire, still arrogance was present in him which he could not wipe up even after austere ascetic worshipping. His superciliousness thrive and grow just when was commended to lay prostrate before soil made Adam. He threw challenge to Allah, if you (Allah) let me the power to enter in the mind of human being I will prove, they will refuse you. As I have obeyed you as the Rab- the maintainer till now, they will not. Allah accepted the challenge and also gives him the power to enter in body, mind, and brain of human being to persuade him to be disobedient. (Sura, al- bakarah: 36, an-nisa: 119)
The onward history may describe in short as; Allah has created Hawa (as.), the wife of Adam (as.) and allow them to live in the paradise just forbidding one thing. Getting the permission of Allah, iblis has entered to the mind of Adam, Hawa (as.) and instigating them to disobey the particular prohibition of Allah. As a result, Allah has banished them form the heaven to the earth for a certain period of time i.e. till the dooms day. (Sura, Al- Bakarah:36). He has further said, “I must send guide for you.” (Sura, Al- Bakarah: 38).
Here question may arise, if man has provided the soul of the creator himself then why they need to be guided? Simply the answer is, he has all the attributes and powers of the creator but with very small quantity. (Sura, Bani israyl:85). Man could create a code of life if he had enough knowledge on how the universe has created and how it moves away. But he doesn’t. Secondly, iblis continually instigates him.
Moreover, the vital reason is the challenge of iblis. Iblis challenged Allah that he will make the whole mankind rejecting the code of life form Allah and it’s inevitable outcome will be injustice, hostilities, and bloodshed.
Sending the system of life time to time for the mankind through a series of messengers, Allah has said, “Obey Me as the only lord, director and lead your individual, collective and national life in accordance to My system of life, then remains no fear of you. (Sura, Al-Bakarah: 38).