1969 Cf. n. 49 to
2:34. 1970 Iblis: the name has in it the root idea of desperateness or rebellion. (Cf. n. 52 to
2:36). 1971 Apparently Iblis's arrogance has two grounds: (1) that man was made of clay while he was made of fire: (2) that he did not wish to do what others did. Both grounds were false: (1) because man had the spirit of Allah breathed into him: (2) because contempt of the angels who obeyed Allah's word showed not Iblis's superiority but his inferiority. The word "bashar" for man (verse 33) suggests a gross physical body. ,