When The Angels Started Bowing To Adam Poem by Mohammad Younus

When the angels started bowing to Adam,
On the coronation of Adam as God's caliph on the earth,
Iblīs, the guru of all, turned into a rebel,
He staked his own claim...
...to the proud position of being a guru of all,
And refused to prostrate to Adam in defiance,
Allah said to him: 'What prevented you that you did not prostrate,
when I commanded you? '
Iblis replied: 'I am better than him,
You created me from fire, and him You created from clay, '
Allah said: '0 Iblis, get down from this (Paradise) ,
It is not for you to be arrogant here,
Get out, for you are of those humiliated and disgraced.'
I mean, if you were so swayed by pride and prejudice,
You'd become an Iblīs too.

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