INFORMING THE ANGELS ABOUT PROPHET ADAM (A.S) Abi Musa al Sha'arai narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: ALLAH created Adam from a handful of dust taken from different lands, so the children of Adam have been according to the composition of the land. Therefore from mankind, we have white, red, black, and yellow ones; we have good and evil, ease and sorrow, and what comes in between them. (Sahih al Bukhari). Ibn Masud and other companions of the Prophet (PBUH) said that ALLAH the Almighty sent Gabriel onto the Earth to get Him clay therefrom. The earth said: I seek refuge in ALLAH from your decreasing my quantity or disfiguring me. So Gabriel returned and did not take anything. He said: My Lord, the land sought refuge in YOU, and it granted.

  INFORMING THE ANGELS ABOUT PROPHET ADAM (A.S) There are old traditions about the angels before the creation of Adam. According to ibn Qatadah, it was said that the angels were informed about the creation of Adam and his progeny by the jinn who lived before Adam. Abdullah Ibn Umar said that jinn had existed for about 2000 years before Adam and then shed blood. Therefore ALLAH sent on them an army of angels that drove them out to the depths of the seas. Ibn Abi Hatim narrated from Ali Jafar Al Baqer that the angels were informed that man would cause wickedness and shed blood on Earth. It was also said that knew that no one would be created on Earth who would not be wicked and shed blood. Whether or not these traditions are correct, the angels did understand that ALLAH would create a vicegerent on earth. Allah the Almighty announced that  HE was going to create a human being out of clay, that HE would mold him and blow His spirit into him, and then the angels should prostrate b...

  INFORMING THE ANGELS ABOUT PROPHET ADAM (A.S) They said 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.ALLAH said: Get down one of you an enemy to the other(i.e Adam, Eve, snd Satan, etc.) On Earth will be a dwelling place for you and an enjoyment, for a time. He said: therein you shall live, and therein you shall die, and from it, you shall be brought out(resurrected). (chapter 7:11-25 Qur'an) We imagine when ALLAH the Almighty decided to create Adam: HE addressed HIS angels and told them to prostrate before him. HE did not mean to ask their opinion or take their advice, for HE ios above that, ALLAH the Exalted told them that HE was going to create a vicegerent on the earth who would have children and grandchildren who would corrupt the earth and shed each other's blood. That is why the angels said to ALLAH the Almighty: Will YOU place therein those who will make mischief therein and shed bloo...