Answering Questions Through The Holy Qur'an: Does Satan exist?

Does Satan exist?

17:53 And say to My slaves to say that which is best. Indeed, Satan sows discord between them. Indeed, Satan is a clear enemy to man.

(The stories in the Qur’an are real, not symbolic. The Gospel confirms that Satan exists, but Christians regard him as a rebellious angel, while Satan is not an Angel; Angels cannot disobey)(Iblees is a Jinn, not an Angel)(In regard to the word “Satan”, its root is “Shiin-Tay-Nun”, which means “become distant / far / remote, penetrate and be concealed, turn away in opposition, devil, one excessively proud/corrupt, unbelieving / rebellious / insolent / audacious / obstinate / perverse, any blameable faculty or power of a man, etc.”. According to its definition, besides jinn, there are also men who are rebellious, insolent, etc., if they follow the footsteps of Satan (2:168). According to Verse 41:29, both jinn and men can mislead people)(In regard to Judaism, “satan” is mentioned in the Torah and Talmud, but the Rabbis usually interpreted the word “satan” as referring strictly to human adversaries, so they usually translate the term “Satan” as “opponent” or “adversary”)(The Bible, Talmud or Jewish and Christian scholars are not reliable, because it is a fact that the Bible is corrupted. See the links below, “Is the Bible corrupted?”)(On the other hand, the Qur’an has been preserved, and has mathematical and scientific evidences which prove that it is from God. So If a source or interpretation differ from the Qur’an in regard to “Satan”, then the Qur’an is correct, because is a Criterion to know what is true)(See the links below “The Qur’an and Mathematics”, “Is the Qur'an scientifically correct?” and “Has the Qur'an been preserved?”)(Allah knows best)

55:39 Then (on) that Day neither man nor jinn (jannun) will be asked about his sin.

(The English word “genius” is similar to the Arabic “jinn”, but “genius” is referred as “Roman mythology” and even the so-called “Islamic mythology”, by some English dictionaries, as if a “jinn” (in Arabic) were an imaginary character, while there is no such thing as “Islamic mythology”, but the jinn is a real creature. So, the word “genius” is not the same as “jinn”, because “genius” in English degenerated into another meaning, and some non-Muslims invent false illustrations of genius, while it is invisible for mankind. And, for example, the “jinn” could be behind those many cases of people possessed by “the devil”, or he could be the one who answers when people invoke the dead (It is forbidden invoking other than God in Islam))(The root of the word “jinn” is “Jiim-Nun-Nun”, and it means “veiled / concealed / covered / hid / invisible, etc.) (Allah knows best)

55:31 We will attend to you, O you two weights … 81:15 But nay, I swear by those that retreat, 81:16 Those that run (and) disappear,

(“Jinn” is compared to “dark matter”. Astronomers have confirmed the existence of dark matter. Dark matter is an invisible, essentially collisionless component of matter; the gravitational effect of all that matter holds together galaxies and galaxy clusters (not the regular matter that forms stars and planets). Simply put: we cannot see dark matter nor collide with it but we can detect its gravity)(It is interpreted that Verses 81:15-16 refer to celestial bodies that are invisible, that move, that sweep. Dark matter is invisible, moves and sweeps our hydrogen)(See: “miracles-of-quran(dot)com”; see also “Dark Matter, Dark Energy: The Dark Side of the Universe” by Professor Sean Carroll from California Institute of Technology; and “Dark Matter: What role does it play?” By Carolyn Collins Petersen)(In regard to the Jinn, it is interpreted that the two classes (55:31)(literally “two weights”) are man and jinn; we cannot see nor collide with Jinn but they have weight. The Jinn have weight means that we can detect their gravity and they can detect our gravity. “Jinn” means “hidden / invisible”)(Source: “miracles-of-quran(dot)com”)(Allah knows best)

22:53 That He may make that which Satan throws a trial for those in whose hearts is a disease, and those whose hearts are hardened. And indeed, the wrongdoers are surely in a schism far.

(According to “myjewishlearning(dot)com”, “The Book of Job is sometimes cited to support the claim that the Jewish view of Satan as an agent of God is different from the Christian view, which sees Satan as an autonomous force opposed to God. In the story, Satan inflicts suffering on a human being and seeks to induce him to sin – but only with God’s permission”)(Similarly, Verse 38:41 of the Qur’an says, “And remember Our slave Job, when he called to his Lord, "That, Satan has touched me with distress and suffering.", and Verse 64:11 says “No disaster strikes except by the permission of Allah”. But, Satan is not an agent/representative of God, because Satan disobeys God (18:50). On the other hand, according to Verse 22:53, God “may make that which Satan throws a trial for those in whose hearts is a disease, and those whose hearts are hardened”; so Satan is subjected to a purpose (32:13, 38:85), in which God cannot be blamed (14:22), but the wrongdoers are blamed)(Allah knows best)

18:50 And when We said to the Angels, "Prostrate to Adam," so they prostrated except Iblees. (He) was of the jinn, and he rebelled against the Command of his Lord. Then, will you take him and his offspring as protectors other than Me, while they are enemies to you? Wretched is the exchange for the wrongdoers.

41:29 And those who disbelieve (will) say, "Our Lord, show us those who misled us of the jinn and men, (so) we may put them under our feet, that they be of the lowest."

7:12 (Allah) said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" (Iblees) said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and You created him from clay." 7:13 (Allah) said, "Then go down from it, for it is not for you to be arrogant in it. So get out; indeed, you are of the disgraced ones."

5:12 And certainly Allah took a Covenant from the Children of Israel and We appointed from among them twelve leaders. And Allah said, "Indeed, I am with you if you establish prayer and give the zakah (charity) and you believe in My Messengers and you assist them and you loan Allah a goodly loan, surely I will remove from you your evil deeds and I will surely admit you to gardens beneath which rivers flow. But whoever of you disbelieved after that, then he certainly strayed from the right way. 5:13 So for their breaking of their covenant We cursed them and We made their hearts hard. They distort words from their places, and forgot a part of what they were reminded of. And you will not cease to discover treachery from them except a few of them. But forgive them and overlook. Indeed, Allah loves the good-doers. 5:14 And from those who said, Indeed we are Christians," We took their covenant; but they forgot a part of what they were reminded of. So We aroused enmity and hatred between them until the Day of Resurrection. And soon Allah will inform them of what they used to do.

3:36 Then when she delivered her, she said, "My Lord, I have delivered a female." And Allah was most knowing of what she delivered, "And the male is not like the female. And I have named her Mary, and I seek refuge for her in You and her descendants from Satan, the rejected."

See also: Is the Qur'an scientifically correct? (7) (So-called myths and legendary tales)

https://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/09/response-to-ismaaeel-abu-adam.html

See also: Which category of creature does the Qur’an put ‘Iblees’ into? Was Iblees an Angel or a Jinn?

http://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/09/which-category-of-creature-does-quran.html

See also: What is the difference between Jinn, Satan and Iblis?

https://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/09/in-which-surah-chapter-of-quran-do-you.html