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Who is Shaytan ? (Mardod)

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Islamic view of Satan, has both commonalities and differences with Christian and Jewish views.

While Shaytan is an adjective (meaning "astray" or "distant" or "illusionist") that can be applied to both Man ("al-Ins") and Jinn, Iblis is the personal name of the Shaitan who is mentioned in the Quranic"Genesis", and whose origin is unclear.

Whenever the Quran refers to the creature who refused to prostrate before Adam at the time of the latters creation, it refers to him as Iblis

Iblis

He appears more often in the Quran (Islamic holy Book) as the Shaitan, a term used to refer to all of the evil spirits assisting Iblis, but which is often used to refer to just Iblis. Iblis is mentioned 11 times, and Shaitan "al-Shaitaan" ?(???????) 87 times. He is chief of the spirits of evil (Shaitan).Iblis was a Jinn, a creature made of smokeless fire by God (like humans are made of clay). In an outburst rooted in envy, Iblis disobeyed Allah and was expelled from the grace of Allah. He was later sent to earth along with Adam and Eve after having lured them into eating fruit from the forbidden tree, although in this role he is always referred to as ash-Shaitan. He was condemned consequently by God to Hell. He replied with saying that he wanted to bring the inhabitants of Earth down with him, and God, to test Mankind and Jinn, allowed him to roam Earth to attempt to misguide others.He tempts humans through his whisper (waswas, "he whispered") of sinful ideas in their head and false suggestion (haiif). In the end, it is believed, he will be cast into Jahannam (Hell in Islam) along with those who give in to his temptation of sinful ideas and disobeyed Gods true message to mankind (Islam), while those who successfully try to follow a righteous path will be rewarded with the pleasures of Jannah (Paradise or Heaven in Islam).The Quran does not depict Shaitan as the enemy of Allah, for Allah is supreme over all his creations and Iblis is just one of his creations. Unlike the Zoroastrian beliefs, all good and bad deeds are from Allah himself and only he can save humanity from the evils of his universe and his creations. Shaitans single enemy is humanity. He intends to discourage humans from obeying God. Thus, humankind is warned to struggle against the mischiefs of the Shaitan and temptations he puts them in. A commonly shared belief in both Islam and Christianity is that the universal existence of evil in personal lives is usually experienced because of the devilAfter the angels have admitted that they have no knowledge except that which God (Allah) had given them (2-30), God commanded Adam to display his knowledge in front of the angels (2-33), and when Adam did, He commanded the angels to prostrate before Adam, so they do except for Iblis (2-34), (7-11), (20-116).

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