Question: I
have read in the Qur’an that before Allah created man, He informed
the angels of His plan. They objected to this scheme by saying that man
would create disorder and be responsible for bloodshed. My question is:
How did the Angels know this beforehand?
Answer: The
Angels knew that man would create bloodshed because the word the Almighty
used for man was ‘Khalifah’. In Arabic, this means a person who
has the authority to exercise his free will. Since this authority can be
misused and it would be, the Angels rightly thought that man would create
bloodshed through this misuse.
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