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In the dialogue between God and angels about creation of Adam, the following statement is quoted from angels towards God, "Will You set in it someone who will cause corruption in it, and shed blood…?" (2:30) How did angels know that human beings would be inflicted with these two vices? In this regard, exegetes have mentioned different narrations which cannot lead to more than one or two points. | In the dialogue between God and angels about creation of Adam, the following statement is quoted from angels towards God, "Will You set in it someone who will cause corruption in it, and shed blood…?" (2:30) How did angels know that human beings would be inflicted with these two vices? In this regard, exegetes have mentioned different narrations which cannot lead to more than one or two points. | ||
[[Muhammad b. Jarir b. Yazid al-Tabari|Tabari]] mentioned many traditions and classified them as below: | [[Muhammad b. Jarir b. Yazid al-Tabari|Al-Tabari]] mentioned many traditions and classified them as below: | ||
* Some have said that before human beings, [[ | * Some have said that before human beings, [[Jinn]]s had been on earth and caused corruption in it. Therefore, angels deduced the fate of human beings from them. | ||
* Some have said that God told angels, "I am going to set a viceroy on the earth" (2:30) and then angels said, how would it be? He said that it will cause corruption and bloodshed in it. So, they said, "why do you create him?" He said, "In the nature of human beings, I have put many good things, you do not know about." | * Some have said that God told angels, "I am going to set a viceroy on the earth" (2:30) and then angels said, how would it be? He said that it will cause corruption and bloodshed in it. So, they said, "why do you create him?" He said, "In the nature of human beings, I have put many good things, you do not know about." | ||
* Some have said that before | * Some have said that before creation of human being, God gave the angels some information about him and hid some other information and angels asked that question based on the information they had. | ||
In this regards, [[Fadl b. Hassan al- | In this regards, [[Fadl b. Hassan al-Tabrisi|al-Tabrisi]] mentions three opinions: | ||
* Before people, | * Before people, Jinns were on earth and they caused corruption in it, and caused bloodshed. Angels made a deduction based on their acts. | ||
* Angels just asked it, seeking to understand that, "O God, would human beings cause corruption and bloodshed or not? | * Angels just asked it, seeking to understand that, "O God, would human beings cause corruption and bloodshed or not? | ||
* God Himself had told them that human beings would do so, but concealed their advantages from angels so that they achieve a deeper certitude for the wisdom and knowledge of God. | * God Himself had told them that human beings would do so, but concealed their advantages from angels so that they achieve a deeper certitude for the wisdom and knowledge of God. | ||