Rebellion of Iblis

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The Rebellion of Iblis refers to the Qur’anic account of Satan’s refusal to bow to Adam, symbolizing arrogance and disobedience to God.

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Label Occurrences
Rebellion of Iblis canonical 1
the rebellion of Satan 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic theological concept
Qur’anic narrative
religious story
centralAct refusal to bow to Adam
commandedBy Allah
contrastedWith obedience of the angels
describedIn Quran
surface form: Qur’an
genre sacred narrative
hasDeity Allah
hasHumanFigure Adam
hasMainCharacter Iblis
hasMoral disobedience to God leads to ruin
pride can cause spiritual downfall
hasTheme divine wisdom
humility
obedience versus rebellion
superiority based on origin
includesFigure Adam
Iblis
angels
interpretedBy Islamic theologians
involvesCommandTo angels
languageOfPrimarySource Classical Arabic
mentionedInSurah Surah Sad
Surah Ta-Ha
surface form: Surah Ta Ha

Surah Al-A'raf
surface form: Surah al-A‘raf

Surah Al-Baqarah
surface form: Surah al-Baqarah

Surah Al-Hijr
surface form: Surah al-Hijr

Surah Al-Isra
surface form: Surah al-Isra

Surah Al-Kahf
surface form: Surah al-Kahf
occursBefore expulsion of Adam from Paradise
precedes Iblis’s vow to mislead humans
relatedConcept divine command
free will
sin
temptation
trial
religiousTradition Islam
resultsIn Iblis becoming Shaytan
Iblis being accursed
Iblis being expelled from divine presence
studiedIn Islamic theology (kalam)
Qur’anic exegesis (tafsir)
symbolizes arrogance
disobedience to God
envy
pride
usedAs moral lesson in Islamic teachings

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Surah Al-Hijr theme Rebellion of Iblis
Paradise Lost subjectMatter Rebellion of Iblis
this entity surface form: the rebellion of Satan