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Colour-in the ovals that correctly describe
Angels in green, and those that do not in red.
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created
from fire
make
mistakes
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never
seen
female
invisible
all
powerful
are
everywhere
AN IMPORTANT
POINT TO
REMEMBER
A grave misconception persists among many
misinformed Muslims under the influence of Christian
thought that
shaytan
(satan), or
iblis
as he is also ref-
ered in the
Qur’an
, was a ‘fallen angel ’. Nothing could
be further from the truth. He was one of the
jinn
as the
Qur’an
makes clear:
“
When We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate yourselves
to Adam,’ They prostrated except for Iblis. He was
one of the jinn and wantonly deviated from his
Lord’s command
.”
(
Kahf, 18:50
)
shaytan
had attained such a high degree in knowledge
and service to Allah that he joined the company of
Angels and came to be called ‘
Ta’us al-Mala’ikah
’, ‘The
Peacock among the Angels.’ How did he, then, come to
commit such a suicidal error of blatant rebellion against
Allah? Some scholars say that it was because of his
pride and vanity that Allah took back from him the
wealth of knowledge and understanding, and hence he
came to act like an ignorant fool. Others have suggest-
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