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Salam alaykum brothers and
sisters,
In Islam it is well known in the
Qur'an that the Angels (pbut)
were ordered to prostrate to
Adam (a.s) by the command of
Allah (swt).
But what does all this mean? And
how does it affect us today?
Here is one of the Qur'an
passages relating it:
"Remember when your Lord
said to the angels, 'I am going
to create a man (Adam) from
sounding clay of altered black
smooth mud. So when I have
fashioned him completely
and breathed into him
(Adam) the soul which I
created for him then fall you
down prostrating yourselves
unto him.' So the angels
prostrated themselves all of
them together, except Iblis, he
refused to be among the
prostrators."
The Holy Qur'an (15: 28-31)
One can also see a mention of
this in the Apocryphal book, The
Life of Adam and Eve: “The
devil replied, ‘Adam, what
dost thou tell me? It is for thy
sake that I have been hurled
from that place. When thou
wast formed, I was hurled
out of the presence of God
and banished from the
company of angels. When
God blew into thee the breath
of life and thy face and
likeness was made in the
image of God, Michael also
brought thee and made (us)
worship thee in the sight of
God; and God the Lord spake:
'Here is Adam. I have made
him in our image and
likeness.”
“‘And Michael went out and
called all the angels saying:
“Worship the image of God as
the Lord hath commanded.”
'And Michael himself
worshiped first; then he
called me and said: 'Worship
the image of God the Lord.'
And I answered, 'I have no
(need) to worship Adam.' And
since Michael kept urging me
to worship, I said to him,
“Why dost thou urge me? I
will not worship an inferior
and younger being (than I).
I am his senior in the
Creation, before he was made
was I already made.
It is his duty to worship me."
‘When the angels who were
under me heard this, they
refused to worship him. And
Michael saith, 'Worship the
image of God, but if thou wilt