What is your opinion of those who say regarding the statement of Allah the Exalted: “And when We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate to Adam,’ so they prostrated, except for Iblis”? The exception here indicates that Iblis

The questioner : What is your opinion of those who say regarding the statement of Allah the Exalted: The exception here indicates that Iblis was among the angels?

The Shaykh : Yes, we respond to this by saying that Allah the Exalted said: And that he was among the angels, meaning he was included in their group with them, but his element is different from their element. For this reason, he returned to his element, which is fire, and they returned to their element, which is that they were created from light.