{"_id":"682e52b773f56ca15c735b5e","title":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Was Shaytan sinful in his action or his arrogant intention?\"}]}]}}","question":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Was Shaytan kind of correct in not prostrating to mankind? Is his flaw not in his actions, but in his arrogant intent?\"}]}]}}","answer":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"underline\"},{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"text\":\"WAS SHAYṬĀN “KIND OF CORRECT” IN REFUSING TO PROSTRATE?\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Shayṭān was absolutely wrong, both in action and intent. His refusal came from arrogance, but his act itself was disobedience, because he rejected a direct command from Allah ﷻ. Even if he thought his reasoning made sense (\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"text\":\"“I am better than him; You created me from fire and him from clay” \"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"link\",\"attrs\":{\"href\":\"https://quran.com/7/12\",\"target\":null,\"rel\":null}},{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"text\":\"Qur'an 7:12\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"), he still knew it was a command from his Lord and he chose his own judgment over Allah’s. Whether Adam was “worthy” of prostration or not was not the point. The real test was: Will you submit to Allah even if the command goes against your ego or logic? Shayṭān said “no” and that was the root of his downfall.\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"underline\"},{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"text\":\"IS THE SIN IN THE ARROGANCE, NOT THE ACT?\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"The sin lies in both. His arrogance (takabbur) fueled his disobedience (ʿiṣyān). Allah does not separate the two. The Qur'an says:\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"text\":\"“He defiantly refused, grew arrogant, and became of the disbelievers.” \"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"link\",\"attrs\":{\"href\":\"https://quran.com/2/34\",\"target\":null,\"rel\":null}},{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"text\":\"Qur’an 2:34\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Refusing a divine command out of pride is a crime of the heart and the limbs. Even if someone “logically” disagrees with a command, Islam teaches that true submission (islām) is saying: “We hear and we obey.”\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"underline\"},{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"text\":\"SO WHAT'S THE LESSON FOR US?\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"We are tested like Iblīs. Not with prostrating to Adam, but with moments where Allah commands something we don’t fully understand or something that challenges our pride, ego, or logic.\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"The choice is: Do we submit? Or do we say, like Shayṭān, “I know better”?\"}]}]}}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9ff20b76658b4c2329d9","tag":"Worship: Intention","count":116},{"_id":"668d9ff70b76658b4c232a7b","tag":"Worship: Sins","count":105},{"_id":"668d9fe50b76658b4c232859","tag":"Aqeedah: Allah ﷻ‎","count":72},{"_id":"668d9fe50b76658b4c23285c","tag":"Unseen: Other","count":22}],"createdOn":"2025-05-21T22:24:55.737Z"}