SATAN

In Christianity and Islam

ISLAM

• Satan (الشيطان) was originally a Jinn • Name was Iblis• When Adam (as) was created, refused to

prostrate to him• Reason he gave: “I am better than him: You

created me from fire, and You created him out of clay” (Surah al-A’raf: 12).

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ADAM AND SHAYTAN

• Four ‘ayns

• Shaytan was ‘abid, ‘arif, ‘alim• He was not an ‘ashiq• Adam (as) and Shaytan both made mistakes• Difference is that Adam (as) repented

• "Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If You forgive us not, and bestow not upon us Your Mercy, we shall certainly be of the losers.”

CHRISTIANITY

Satan was an angel

Name was Lucifer

Literally means “light-bearer” and was used to refer to the dawn

appearance of Venus, which indicates the arrival of daylight

Was one of the greatest angels

Reason for downfall is not very clear in Christianity

“For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will

exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the

mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend

above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High”

(Isaiah: 14: 13-14).

BATTLE

In book of Revelation, it says, “And there was a

war in heaven: Mi’-cha-el and his angels fought

against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his

angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place

found any more in heaven. And the great dragon

was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil,

and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he

was cast out into the earth, and his angels were

cast out with him” (Revelation: 12: 7-9).

Material used later by people like Milton to

describe the actual battle in Paradise Lost.

FINAL ABODE

According to Dante, Satan is

currently resting in the center place

of Hell, which is frozen over in ice.

Henchmen of Satan are dispatched

around earth to tempt and deceive

mankind.

A good example of deception

methods of Satan comes in C.S.

Lewis’ work The Screwtape Letters.

NINE MUSES

The Muses ( اإللهام ,in Greek mythology (إلهات

poetry, and literature are the goddesses who inspire

the creation of literature and the arts. They were

considered the source of the knowledge, related

orally for centuries in the ancient culture, that was

contained in poetic lyrics and myths.1

Tragedy – Melpomene1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muse

ICARUS

Father made wings for him

from feathers and wax

Attempted to escape from

Crete

Warned not to fly too close

to the sun

Shows arrogance that he

did it anyway and wax melted