ANGEL and MAN
THE CREATION OF ADAM, FIRST HUMAN BEING
 
Almighty. Being aware of the secrets of the material world and how the energy within the nucleus of the atom could transform into an animal power called nafs and how destructive this power could be for the animals, the angels had some concerns about such a creation.
.... The human beings were like animals; they were created from the same elements: water, air, fire, and soil, the 'Anasir-i Arba'ah.
....Eventually, the human beings, as well would be bustling about, eating, breathing, nesting, breeding, and raising babies, as well as fighting with one another in more refined and complex ways. Fearing that they would shed blood, create mischief, make disturbances, and thereby bring about doomsday, the angels could not help but say: "While we celebrate your praise and extol your holiness, will you create a being that shall make mischief in the world and shed blood?"
....Although the human beings are equal with animals in terms of physical attributes, they are at the same time equal to the angels in terms of spirituality. Therefore, among them, many prophets, saints, sages, and pious ones emerged. Allah Almighty, thus, said: "Surely I know what you do not know."

....THE CREATION OF ADAM, FIRST HUMAN BEING
....Everything in this material world is dependent on an interdependent and inter-effective rule of cause and effect and this rule is dependent on the rule of original state (fitrah) that is set by Allah Almighty

....Human beings may find out the details of some universal laws by exploring and through research and thus reach some secrets of these laws. Yet, they cannot change them in any way. For example, the meteorologists may correctly guess that cold and rainy weather is approaching, however they cannot prevent, delay, or change the direction of what is approaching.
....There are many universal laws outside of human observation and research that the people of our age have not yet discovered. The first human being, Hazrat Adam and his wife Hazrat Eve were created according to the law of means and the universal rules outside of our knowledge, observation, research, and experience. Allah Almighty, thus, says:
...."He Who has made everything which He has created most good: He began the creation of man with (nothing more than) clay." (Sajda, 7)
....Hazrat Adam, a part of this material world, was not created like the angels with the order of qun. His creation was in stages according to the rules of order and stability in the material world. The very first stage was the stage of clay.
....Clay is a type of wet soil. The clay used in the creation of Hazrat Adam had a different quality. Allah Almighty says:
"And certainly We created man of an extract of clay." (Mumenoon, 12)
....The particle "al" before the word "insan" (man) in this verse denotes a category and a peculiarity within this category. The explanation of the category will come later. Let us then explain the peculiarity. It is that "we created the man (that is Hazrat Adam) from the elements of clay."

...As the roots of the plants receive the necessary elements dissolved in water, such as carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and calcium from wet soil, the angels also receive the necessary elements that Hazrat Adam needed. Thereby, the phase of "the extract of clay" was completed and the phase of "sticky clay" began.
...."Just ask their opinion: are they the more difficult to create, or the (other) beings We have created? Them have We created out of a sticky clay!" (Saaffat, 11)
....The elements of Hazrat Adam that were planted in the clay were transformed into a sticky clay, thereby, the phase "sticky clay" was completed and the phase "from mud molded into shape" began.
...."We created man from sounding clay, from mud molded into shape;" (Hijr, 26)
....The male gamete, or sperm, and the female gamete, the egg or ovum, meet in the female's reproductive system to create a new individual, an egg is fertilized by the sperm, which is called the zygote; and this zygote is transformed into flesh. The elements of Hazrat Adam were transformed into first an extract of clay, then into sticky clay by the effect of complex chemical reactions, and then took on a clear shape. Then, it became a bone-dry material in the shape of human, like an earthen pot. The phase "from mud molded into shape" was completed and the phase "coming into life" began.
....When the last phase began, Allah Almighty ordered the angels:
...."And when I have fashioned him and breathed into him of My Spirit, then fall down before him prostrate,"
(Sad, 72) The body of Hazrat Adam, with all the internal and external organs fully completed, was lying down on the ground, lifeless. As soon as Allah Almighty breathed into him of His Spirit, (which is a divine secret), that is, gave him life, the organs and the systems of Hazrat Adam began to function like a fully automated machine. Hazrat Adam, who had a little earlier been a mass of clay stood up as a conscious human being and his first words were: "Alhamdulillah." (All thanks are to Allah.)