Quran about Lucifer : r/lucifer (reddit.com)

I think fans would be interested what the Quran says about Lucifer, many of us has looked up what the Bible says about Lucifer, but I haven't found anything from the Quran here. As a (average) muslim I have been studying the Quran since 2014, and I wanted to share you the info from Quran about it.

There are two verses from the Quran I would love to show to you guys about "Satan". Let's start shall we ?

[18:50] When We said to the angels, "Fall prostrate before Adam," they fell prostrate, except Satan. He became of the jinn, and so he rebelled against the command of His Lord. Will you then take him and his descendants as allies besides Me when they are your enemies? What a miserable alternative for the transgressors!

note: 18:50 means Quran chapter 18, and verse number 50.

Apart what many muslim-scholars and many muslims are saying (they mostly follow other books aside from the Quran), this verse tells us that Lucifer was originally a angel ! Many muslims believe that Satan was always a "devil" but that is not true. However as he did not obey God to kneel for Adam, as he was the first human being, he became the first of djinn (a different being). This verse was written in the sense to warn the readers to not take Satan as a ally in order to substitute God.

Let's go to the second verse I want to show you guys:

[66:6] O you who believe, safeguard yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones. Over it are stern and powerful angels who do not disobey God in what He commands them, and they do what they are commanded to do.

note: 66*:6 means Quran chapter 66, and verse number 6*

Ok, the reason I want to show you guys this verse, is because this verse is also interesting like the previous one. This verse is a controverse within the muslim-world: Since the beginning, many muslims believe that Angels have no free will. But that is not true, as we know that Satan disobeyed God. This verse tells us that that angels do have a free will because it was outlined in this verse that the angels who are watching over Hell (presumably) are always obeying God, which means disobeying is also a option left open for the Angels. And of course, funny enough this verse has "666" written over it.

There is another verse in the Quran, I need to look it up, which says that "Satan" is unable to control the deeds of people or also known as to take possession of them. Instead Satan's role is only to "seduce" us but in the end theself-determination is all ours, and our own responsibility. Another verse states that Satan will be taken from any blame when transgressors are trying to blame him for their crimes at the day of judgement.

Too long to read
The Quran and Lucifer tv-show has the following similarities:

1. Lucifer is originally a angel

2. Lucifer and the other angels have all a free will.

3. Lucifer is not at fault or responsible for our "crimes"

I hope you folks had a nice read. This is all public info which you can look up for yourself. I only outlined it here for you guys ! It was a pleasure !

[Quran 18:50] When We said to the angels, "Fall prostrate before Adam," they fell prostrate except Satan. He 'kana' (became) one of the jinn, and so he rebelled against the command of His Lord. Will you then take him and his descendants as allies besides Me when they are your enemies? What a miserable alternative for the transgressors!

to analyse 18:50 to determine what is the correct meaning of the words 'kana min al-jinn'. Do these words mean that Iblis has always been a jinn? Do these words mean that Iblis was never an angel?

The word 'kana' holds the key to the correct meaning of the issue at hand. Almost all interpreters and translators understood this to mean "he was one of the jinn".

Is this the correct meaning of this sentence?

Accepting the word "was", as the correct meaning of 'kana' in 18:50, would make the whole verse meaningless! Basically, there would be no explanation as to why the command fell on Iblis when he was a jinn and not an angel?

Could it be that the word 'kana' is used in the Quran in other meanings and not only was?

This makes it necessary for us to research the word 'kana' further.

When we research various Quranic verses where the word 'kana' is used, we find that this word is used in the Quran in three different meanings:

1- Kana, to mean: 'is'.

The examples are found in the numerous verses which speak about the attributes of God such as:

" ......... God 'kana' (is) Forgiver, Merciful"4:129

The word 'kana' in such verses can only mean the present is since God is Forgiver and Merciful rather then was or will be.

2- Kana, to mean: 'was'.

" .......... and he (Abraham) 'ma kana' (was not) of the mushrikeen"6:161

The use of the word 'kana' in 6:161 can only be speaking about the past was, since at the time the Quran was revealed, Abraham had already been dead for a very long time.

3- Kana, to mean: 'became'.

"Recite for them the news of the one to whom We gave Our signs, but he peeled himself away from them, and so the devil pursued him and he 'kana' (became) one of the strayers." 7:175

The one spoken of in 7:175 became one of the strayers after he fell for the whispers of the devil.

also:

" ........... the waves surged between them and he (the son of Noah) 'kana' (became) among the drowned."11:43

The word 'kana' in 11:43 cannot mean (was) since the son of Noah did not drown till after the waves separated them, then he became among those who drowned. Equally, the meaning cannot be (is) because Noah's son was drowned a long time before the revelation of the Quran, so God would not say that the son of Noah (is) one of the drowned.

Based on the above analysis, the only correct meaning that is in harmony with all the words in 18:50 is as follows:

1- God commanded the angels to prostrate to Adam.

2- Iblis disobeyed the command, which makes it necessary that he was one of the angels who were commanded.

3- It follows that the sentence 'kana min al-jinn' can only mean that Iblis became one of the jinn as a result of disobeying God.