NE STUD 144 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Devil (Islam), Jinn, Kaaba
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Every human being descended from adam and eve is called upon called to fulfill the office of the caliph on earth. Satan, or iblis, is a member of the jinn creation, which was already formed in the initial narration of the creation. God declared to the angels that he will send out the custodian. The earth was inhabited by jinn creation and there was mischief/chaos that was occurring; iblis was responsible to bring order and to calm this down; he worshipped. God for thousands of years, which shows that earth had been created for thousands of years. God is the teacher, adam is the student, and the subject: all the names ; relationship between teacher and student=intimate. Common to have the 99 names hung somewhere in the house. Adam also goes through a test asks adam to inform angels of all the names and has.