And from him...

And from him, from Muhammad Bin Muhammad Bin Asaam Al-kulayni, from Muhammad Bin Yaqoub Al-Kulayni, from Ahmad Bin Idrees, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Sayf, from Muhammad Bin Ubeyd who said, ‘I asked Al-Reza -asws about the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic to Iblees -la : What prevented you from doing Sajdah to what I Created by My Hands? Were you arrogant or were you from the exalted ones?” [38:75] .

Inform me about the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic to Iblees -la : Were you arrogant or were you from the exalted ones?” [38:75] . Who are they, O Rasool-Allah -saww who are more exalted than the Angels of Proximity?’ فقال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله): «أنا و علي و فاطمة و الحسن و الحسين، كنا في سرادق العرش نسبح الله، فسبحت الملائكة بتسبيحنا قبل أن يخلق الله آدم (عليه السلام) بألفي عام.

فلما خلق الله عز و جل آدم (عليه السلام)، أمر الملائكة أن يسجدوا له، و لو يؤمروا بالسجود إلا لأجلنا، فسجدت الملائكة كلهم أجمعون إلا إبليس فإنه أبى أن يسجد. Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘I -saww , and Ali -asws , and (Syeda) Fatima -asws , and Al-Hassan -asws and Al-Husayn -asws . We -asws in the Pavilions of the Throne Glorifying Allah -azwj . The Angels had been Glorifying by our -asws Glorification for two thousand years before Allah -azwj created Adam -as .

So when Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Created Adam -as , He -azwj Commanded the Angels that they should do Sajdah to him -as , and did not Command them for the Sajdah except for our -asws sake. So all of the Angels did Sajdah except for Iblees -la , for he -la refused to do Sajdah.