"Wisdom Behind the Creation of Iblees"

‘Abdullah bin Mas’oud said:

“Allaah knew what they (the Angels) did not know about Iblees”

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah mentioned many aspects of the wisdom behind the creation of Iblees

1.      The mainfestation of Allah’s ability to create contradiciting comparables. He created the most wicked and evil self of Iblees, the source of every evil. In contrst, He created the most purified and honorable self of the Angel Jibreel(Gabriel). His Ability is also manifested in the creation of Day and Night, illness and its Cure, Life and Daeth, Beautiful and Ugly, and many other contrasting forms of creation.

2.      The manifestationof Allah’s Compulsory Names, such as The Irresistible, The Severe in His Punishment, The Swift in His Reckoning, The One Whose Grip (of Punishment) is so Severe,The One Who endue in honor whom He Wills, and humiliate whom He Wills etc. Certainly, there must be existing beings upon whom the compulsory Names and Actions will be manifested. Had the Jinn (beings created from fire; Iblees is from the Jinn) and mankind been created in the same nature as the Angels(created from lightand totally obedient to Allah), then the Compulsory Names and Actions of Allah would not be manifested!

3.      The manifestedof other Names of Allah that denote His forgiveness, Mercy, Fore-Bearing, etc. Had the means that lead to the manifestations of these Names been not created, then many benefits and wise acts would not have been realized.

4.      The manifestation of the Names of Hikmah (Wisdom) whereby Allah (The All-Wise) endues in honor whom He Wills and humiliates whom He Wills; He knows Prefectly well where He Places His Message, and who is good to receive it. He Knows all those who will be thankful for His favor.

5.      Extracting and bringing forth all the true forms of worship to Allah alone as a result of the creation of Iblees. Some of these acts of worship include, Jihad for the cause of Allah, giving support and protection to the believers, loving and hating for Allah’s sake, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, seeking repentance from Allah, seeking refuge in Him Alone, disobeying Iblees (the enemy of Allah) and seeking refuge in Allah from his (Shyatan’s) plots,staying away from arrogance,etc.

Taken from page 22 of “The Salaf’s Guide to Understanding of Al-Qadaa’ Wal-Qadar”

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