Why Satan does not feel ashamed
on his deed, for not bowing in front of Adam (as)
The first thing we have to
analyze why Satan refused to bow in front of Adam. This is the question which
comes in minds of most us as we know that Satan was one who worships Allah (swt)
most. Why he refused His commands as he was so close to Allah (swt).
Satan said to Allah (swt):
“I am better then Adam (as) as I am created from fire and Adam (as) is created
from mud.”
In the following verse he is not only refusing the commands of Lord but also he
saying to Him that You (may Allah forgive me) are not just by making the status
of Adam (as) above my status. In fact he is questioning the intelligence of
Allah (swt). So these words were clear indication that Satan has become arrogant
and Allah do not love arrogance. Arrogance is only for Allah (swt).
The philosopher Satan philosophy is nothing but rubbish. On this philosophy he
confronted with Allah (swt). His philosophy was that Adam is made from mud,
which is very cheap in front of me. His philosophy was totally wrong; it can be
refuted in a blink of an eye.
First of all the status of that thing is high, whose status is raised by Allah (swt).
It does not depend on the quality of Atom of which you are made, but it depends
on bowing your head in front of Allah (swt) with obedience. Moreover it is not
correct that fire is superior then mud because fire is quick, wrath and
unsettled and these things put arrogance, that was the thing which make Satan
arrogant and he do not bow.
On the other hand mud is slow, clam, peace and humble and these things are
demanded by Allah (swt) from His creations and this thing made Adam to repent.
Adam and Eve said to Lord:
“They said: “Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If you forgive us not, and
bestow not upon us Your Mercy, we shall certainly be of the losers.” (7:23)
Mud is superior because Mud of heaven is better than the best sent. Secondly
fire brings destruction and wrath. Mud is place of prostration (afzal to
prostrate on Mud), while fire is not. Mud is use to build countries and fire
brings destruction. Mud is trust worthy; it saves and grows things which are put
in it for example seeds. And fire destroys everything which comes inside its
boundaries. Above all, there is another interesting thing that mud put off the
fire and fire cannot destroy mud. I think I have tried my best to refute the
philosophy of Satan, through some logics.
Now come to the point why Satan is not repenting on his mistake, as thousands of
years have been passed when this event was happened. He should have some feeling
of regret on what he has done on the heavens. He should have been feeling that I
had been thrown from such a high place to the wells of darkness. So let’s
analyze it. First of all I will like to say that it’s totally my opinion and it
will not be full and final.
You know Satan is creature of heavens; heavens time is different from the earth
time. On earth, the length of the day is 24 hours. While on heaven, 1 day can be
equivalent to 1000 or 50000 days of earth.
Surah 22:47 “Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment! But God will not
fail in His Promise. Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand
years of your reckoning.”
Surah 70:4 “The angels and the spirit ascend unto him in a Day the measure
whereof is (as) fifty thousand years.”
NOTE: (This difference of the days is not a contradiction. It’s the same way
that on earth length of the day is 24 hours while on mars length of day is 24
and ½ hours. I have just pointed out this difference for clarification. I will
try to address this issue on some other time. Insha Allah)
So from heavens point of view, the passed time, for above event of disobedience
of Satan, is equivalent to few months or may be more then few years. So time has
not passed much. Satan is still in arrogance and wrath over decision of Allah (swt),
because He (swt) raised the degree of Adam (as) above the Satan. So it’s the
same thing that when a human do a mistake or he is in some sort of anger, he
cannot think over his mistake clearly or do not except his mistake instantly,
(if he is mistaken) but after some time he realize that he has done something
wrong in the same way Satan and his followers will repent on the Day of Judgment
but there repentance will be in vain.
I pray that Allah (swt) save us from being misguidance and mischief of Satan and
make us to follow prophet (saww) and his family (pbuh).
A silent message to all evil doers and worshipper of Satan:
“Verily, Allah promised you a promise of truth. And I too promised you, but I
betrayed you. I had no authority over you except that I called you, so you
responded to me. So blame me not, but blame yourselves. I cannot help you, nor
can you help me. I deny your former act in associating me (Satan) as a partner
with Allah (by obeying me in the life of the world). Verily, there is a painful
torment for the Thalimun (polytheist and wrong-doers, etc.).”
[Surah Ibrahim (14): 22]
Written by: Muhahid Yasin
May Allah except my effort and forgive me on the mistake which I may have done
in it.
Seeking for your good prayers.