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From: jnawaz@skat.usc.edu (Jemshed Nawaz)
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Subject: Re: some questions...
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Date: 28 May 91 15:21:42 GMT
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In article <1991May24.151002.12135@wpi.WPI.EDU> paydarfa@cs.unc.edu
(Yousef Paydarfar) writes:

>
>About Satan:  Satan is the same entity in Islam as in Christianity.  In the
>Quran, the story behind Satans origins is described (I dont know the exact
>location of hand).  Satan was one of the angels.  When God created Adam 
>God told all of His angels to prostrate before Adam.  Satan replied that
>he would not because he was made of fire and Adam was only made of mud.  God
>then banished Satan from heaven.

	Man is made of clay
	Angel is made of light
	Jinn is made of fire (smokeless)
	
	Satan/Iblis was/is a Jinn .... it says in the Qur'an that he
	was of the Jinn. People make this mistake (that Satan is a
	fallen angel) because in the Qur'an it says something like all
	the Angels prostated except Iblis ..... in English usage it
	implies that Iblis was one of the Angels that did not
	prostrate, but not so in Arabic. One scholar (forgot who),
	said, probably while commenting on that part of the verse,
	that it's correct usage in Arabic to say "all the people of
	the village came except the little donkey...". Now that
	doesn't mean that the little donkey is one of the people...

>
>yousef

	Jemshed Nawaz