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Shia Islam

Quran and Ahlul-Bayt a.s.
Premium Member
Do you believe that we are better than the angels who did not bow before adam and eve or are we weaker?

All angels did bow before Adam...
Iblis (Satan) was not an angel...


Man has mind and desires...
Angels have mind and no such desires...
Animals have desires and no such mind...

So man can be higher than angels if he follow his mind...
and can be lower than animals if he does not follow his mind...
 
Are you referring to specific scripture? A reference would be great.

I dont remember off the top of my head but I believe that it was somewhere in the Book of Isaiah where Lucifer makes his appearance by refusing to bow before man and making his arrogant claim that he would ascend to a throne higher than God. I apologize if that is not enough but it was all I could remember for the momenet.
 

Shia Islam

Quran and Ahlul-Bayt a.s.
Premium Member
All angels did bow before Adam...
Iblis (Satan) was not an angel...


Man has mind and desires...
Angels have mind and no such desires...
Animals have desires and no such mind...

So man can be higher than angels if he follow his mind...
and can be lower than animals if he does not follow his mind...

Just to clarify that this meaning is taken from Speeches of the members of the Prophet's household (SAAW).
 

Pegg

Jehovah our God is One
man and angels are all equal in the sight of God...we merely have different bodies, but spiritually speaking we are both created in Gods image and for that reason he views us all as his children.

Angels do not bow before man (there is no scriptual account of that ever happening) nor should man bow before angels. There is one God for both Angel and man and we both bow only to him. When the Apostle John attempted to bow before an angel, the angel rebuked him and said
Revelation 19:9-10 "And he (the angel) tells me: “Write: Happy are those invited to the evening meal of the Lamb’s marriage.” Also, he tells me: “These are the true sayings of God.” 10 At that I fell down before his feet to worship him. But he tells me: “Be careful! Do not do that! All I am is a fellow slave of you and of your brothers who have the work of witnessing to Jesus. Worship God..."
 
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