I do so with the utmost humility。 For there’s also the issue of style。 It has
always caused me great pain that I’m belittled in the Glorious Koran。 But this
pain is my way of life。 This is simply the way it is。
It’s true; God created man before the eyes of us angels。 Then He wanted us
to prostrate ourselves before this creation。 Yes; it happened the way it’s written
in “The Heights” chapter: While all the other angels bowed before man; I
refused。 I reminded all that Adam was made from mud; whereas I was created
from fire; a superior element as all of you are familiar。 So I didn’t bow before
man。 And God found my behavior; well; “proud。”
“Lower yourself from these heavens;” He said。 “It’s beyond the likes of you
to scheme for greatness here。”
“Permit me to live until Judgment Day;” I said; “until the dead arise。”
He granted His permission。 I promised that during this entire time I would
tempt the descendents of Adam; who’d been the cause of my punishment; and
He said He’d send to Hell those I’d successfully corrupted。 I don’t have to tell
you that we’ve each remained true to his word。 I have nothing more to say
about the matter。
As some will claim; at that time Almighty God and I made a pact。 According
to them; I was helping to test the Almighty’s subjects by attempting to destroy
their faith: The good; possessed of sound judgment; would not be led astray;
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while the evil; giving into their carnal desires; would sin; to later fill the depths
of Hell。 Therefore; portant: If all men went to Heaven;
no one would ever be frightened; and the world and its governments could
never function on virtue alone; for in our world evil is as necessary as virtue
and sin as necessary as rectitude。 Given that I am to thank for the genesis of
Allah’s worldly order—with His permission no less (why else would He allow
me to live until Judgment Day?)—to be branded “evil” and never be granted
my due is my hidden troment。 Men like the mystic Mansur; the wool carder;
or the famous Imam Gazzali’s younger brother Ahmet Gazzali; have taken this
line of reasoning so far as to conclude in their writings that if the sins I caused
are actually mitted through God’s permission and will; then they are what
God desires; furthermore; they maintain that good and evil do not exist
because everything emerges from God; and even I am a part of Him。
Some of these mindless men have quite appropriately been burned to death
with their books。 Of course; good and evil do exist; and the responsibility for
drawing a line between the two falls to each of us。 I am not Allah; God forbid;
and I was not the one who planted such absurdities into the heads of these