ANGEL and MAN

HUMAN BEINGS

The angels, non-material beings, have been created spontaneously (qun-fayaqun) by Allah, and their lives are directly tied to the attribute of Hayy (The Living One). When the angels were created there was nothing; neither a material world, nor a sky nor any stars. ....Regarding living creatures, Allah Almighty says: ...."There is no moving creature on earth but its sustenance dependeth on God: He knoweth the time and place of its definite abode and its temporary deposit: All is in a clear Record." (Hud, 6) What does this verse tell us? ....All human beings, who are spiritually equal to the angels, are physically part of the material world. As a result, they are dependent on the rules that are valid in this material world; a part of something is dependent on the whole. ....Allah Almighty has predestined the creation of the material world first, and then the arrangement of the skies and stars, all for the advantage of human beings; then the creation of plants and animals occurred, with finally the creation of human beings.