يبقى هناك معرفة أَنَّ هُناكَ فَرقٌ بَينَ الملائِكَةِ والجِنِّ لأَنَّ الجِنَّ يُتَوقَعُ مِنهُم أَنْ يُطيعوا وأَن يَعصوا أمَّا الملائكة لا يعصون، قال تعالى: ﴿لَا يَعْصُونَ اللَّهَ مَا أَمَرَهُمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ﴾[سورة التحريم / 6]. لذلك لا يجوز الاعتقادُ أَنَّ إِبليسَ هُوَ زَعيمُ الملائِكَةِ فإبليسُ مِنَ الجِنِّ.
قال تعالى: ﴿وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ كَانَ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِ﴾ [سورة الكهف / 50].
هُوَ كَانً في الجَنَّةِ يَعْبُدُ اللهَ مع الملائِكَةِ لكن لا يُقالُ ما يَقولُهُ البَعضُ أَنَّهُ كانَ طاووس الملائكة أو زعيمُ الملائكةِ. إِبليسُ هو أبو الجِنِّ، الجِنُ من ذُريَتِهِ أصلُهُم مِنَ لهيب النار الصافي فيهُم المؤمن والكافر، فيهُم التَقيُ والصالِحُ والفاسِقُ والعَالِمُ والجَاهِلُ والذَكَرُ والأنثى. أما الملائِكَةُ صِنفٌ وَاحِدٌ كلهم مؤمنين، كلهم أولياء الله ليسوا ذكورًا ولا إِناثًا.
اللهُ اخبرنا في القرءانِ بوجودِ الجِنِّ لا يَجوزُ إنكَارُ وجودهم هناك سورة في القرءانِ اسمها سورة الجِن فيها عن نَفَرٍ مِنَ الجِنِ استمعوا إِلى القرءانِ من النبيِّ صلى اللهُ عَليهِ وَسَلَّمَ. قال اللهُ تعالى: ﴿قُلْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ اسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْآنًا عَجَبًا﴾ [سورة الجن / 1].
One should also know that there is a difference between the angels and the jinn, because it is expected from the jinn to obey and to disobey, however, the angels never disobey Allah. Allah ta^ala said:
﴿لَا يَعْصُونَ اللَّهَ مَا أَمَرَهُمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ﴾
Verse 6 of Surat at-Tahrim means: “They do not disobey Allah in what He orders them (to do), and they do exactly what they were ordered.”
That is why it is not permissible to believe that Iblis (the devil) is the leader of the angels, Allah said in the Qur’an:
﴿وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ كَانَ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِ﴾
Verse 50 of Surat al-Kahf means that Allah ordered the angels to prostrate to Adam (not out of worship) and they did except Iblis, who was a jinn, and he objected to Allah and his order.
Iblis was in Paradise worshipping Allah with the angels; however, it is not permissible to say as some say that he was the peacock of the angels or the leader of the angels. Iblis is the father of the jinn, the jinn are from his off-spring; they were created from the pure flames of fire (which does not produce any smoke); among them there is the believer and the blasphemer; the pious; the righteous and the sinner; the knowledgeable and the ignorant; the male and the female. As for the angels, they are of one type, all of them are believers, all of them are awliya’ (upright righteous Muslims), they never disobey Allah, they are neither males nor females.
Allah told us in the Qur’an about the existence of the jinn; it is not permissible to deny their existence. There is a Surah in the Qur’an its name is “al-Jinn”. Verse 1 of this Surah states:
﴿قُلْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ اسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْآنًا عَجَبًا﴾
It means that a group of the jinn listened to the Qur’an being recited by the Prophet sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam