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04-21-2012, 11:32 PM
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Around Verse 30 of Surah Baqarah angels wonder that Allah (SWT) will put man on earth who will create turmoil. They found it strange because they were completely obedient. I suppose this is the query in the OP.
In response Allah (SWT) says that you, meaning the angles, do not know what Allah (SWT) knows.
Then he taught Adam (AS) names of the things around. Then He (SWT) asked the angels to name the things which they could not. Then He (SWT) asked Hazrat Adam (AS) to name the things which he did.
And then Allah (SWT) declares that did He (SWT) not tell them that He (SWT) knew what they did not know.
This left yours truly perplexed for a long time. In fact it used to be frustrating when tafseer after tafseer will just narrate the things as stated above and blissfully proceed further. The rub is that angels query is not answered in above narration. The least an exegette can do is to acknowledge that this is indeed the case that Allah (SWT) decided not to disclose the answer to the angels.
One possible explanation is as follows. Allah (SWT) knew in advance that man will resort to his obedience in spite of the fact that he has been given free will to do as he wishes (to a certain extent which is not small at all). This act of avoiding sin and adopting obedience is so loving to Allah (SWT) that He (SWT) boasted of it to the angles - as it completely suits His Glory.
Of course the level of obedience shown by our beloved Prophet (PBUH) is so excellent that books are being written for more than fourteen centuries and the the subject matter is no where near even its beginning. This is one task that will remain incomplete till the Judgement day - the task of making a realistic assessment of the actions of beloved Prophet (PBUH) in all of its aspects.
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