A COLLECTION OF ISLAMIC WRITINGS
because the jinn (demons) who had been created before had worked corruption and bloodshed on earth, the angels asked whether the new creatures would also do the same as the jinn did. According to Ibn ‘AbbĈs, the jinn were the first to inhabit the earth; they spread corruption and shed blood on it. So, Allah sent Iblţs (who had been one of the custodians of the Garden) with an army of a tribe of angels (called al-Hinnah) to punish them, kill them and pursue them as far as the islands of the oceans and the summits of mountains. (T.abarţ's Tafsţr). This verse also indicates the significance of consultation (mushĈwarah). Allah could create human beings without telling His angels, and the angels could have kept silent when they were told about this creation. Allah wanted to teach the Prophet and the Muslims about consultation by giving an example. In another verse He told the Prophet to make consultation with his followers (Q. 3: 159), and they were happy to be consulted, although the final decision was in his hands. Δ˶ Ϝ˴ ˶ Ύ˴ϠϤ˴ ˸ϟ ϰ˴Ϡϋ ˴ ˸ϢϬ˵ ο ˴ ή˴ ϋ ˴ ͉ϢΛ˵ Ύ˴ϬϠ͉ϛ˵ ˯˴ Ύ˴Ϥ˸γ΄˴ ˸ϟ ϡ˴ Ω˴ ˴ Ϣ˴ Ϡ͉ϋ ˴ ϭ˴ Ϣ˴ ˸Ϡϋ ˶ Ύ˴ϟ Ϛ ˴ ϧ˴ Ύ˴Τ˸Βγ ˵ Ϯ˵ϟΎ˴ϗ .Ϧ ˴ ϴ˶ϗΩ˶ Ύ˴λ ˸ϢΘ˵ ˸Ϩϛ˵ ˸ϥ·˶ ˯˶ Ύ˴ϟΆ˵ ϫ˴ ˯˶ Ύ˴Ϥ˸γ΄˴ Α˶ ϲ˶ϧϮ˵ΌΒ˶ ˸ϧ˴ ϝ˴ Ύ˴Ϙϓ˴ ˴ ˸ϟ Ϣ˵ ϴ˶Ϡό˴ ˸ϟ Ζ ˴ ˸ϧ˴ Ϛ ˴ ϧ͉ ·˶ Ύ˴ϨΘ˴ ˸ϤϠ͉ϋ ˴ Ύ˴ϣ Ύ͉ϟ·˶ Ύ˴Ϩϟ˴ ˸ϢϬ˶ ˶ Ύ˴Ϥ˸γ΄˴ Α˶ ˸ϢϬ˵ ˸ΌΒ˶ ˸ϧ˴ ϡ˵ Ω˴ ˴ Ύ˴ϳ ϝ˴ Ύ˴ϗ .Ϣ˵ ϴ˶ϜΤ Ε ˶ ˴ϭΎ˴Ϥδ ͉ ϟ ΐ ˴ ˸ϴϏ ˴ Ϣ˵ Ϡ˴ ˸ϋ˴ ϲ͋ϧ·˶ ˸ϢϜ˵ ϟ˴ ˸Ϟϗ˵ ˴ ˸Ϣϟ˴ ˴ ϝ˴ Ύ˴ϗ ˸ϢϬ˶ ˶ Ύ˴Ϥ˸γ΄˴ Α˶ ˸Ϣϫ˵ ΄˴ Β˴ ˸ϧ˴ Ύ͉ϤϠ˴ ϓ˴ .ϥ ˴ Ϯ˵ϤΘ˵ ˸ϜΗ˴ ˸ϢΘ˵ ˸Ϩϛ˵ Ύ˴ϣϭ˴ ϥ ˴ ϭ˵Ϊ˸ΒΗ˵ Ύ˴ϣ Ϣ˵ Ϡ˴ ˸ϋ˴ϭ˴ ν ˶ ˸έ΄˴ ˸ϟ˴ϭ (˼˼-˼˺: ˻ ΓήϘΒϟ) "And He taught Adam the names, all of them; then He presented them to the angels, and said: 'Now tell Me the names of these, if you speak the truth.' They said: 'Glory be to You! We know only what You have taught us. Surely You are the All-knowing, the All-wise. He said: 'Adam, tell them their names.' And when he had told them 85