There are places in the Quran where Allah wants us to understand ourselves [I Am Enjoying Being A Muslim]
[quote]"We created the human being no doubt in the most beautiful upright form"[/quote] - [Quran 95:4]
We are the marvel of Allah's creation. And He is proud of this creation to the point that Allah created the heavens and the earth but the angels were not commanded to prostrate to them. So the magnificent universe that Allah created did not call for angels to fall into prostration in awe of what Allah has created, and yet the human being was.
So we are not a typical creation of Allah, and Allah wants to remind us of that because a lot of times, in this life, when we deal with each other, we can make someone feel worthless while we forget that Allah honored us above and beyond even the angels. Each one of us. Not just Adam. It's humanity that was honored in that way.
[u]We forget that[/u], and of course the one that wants us to forget that more than anyone else is Iblis (Satan), he wants us to be humiliated and the best way to humiliate us is to have us have a low opinion of ourselves. So if you think lowly of yourself and that you are worthless, then the thoughts and actions that follow from that are going to be a chain of negativity that will mimic the sentiments of the devil himself.
Therefore, Allah is highlighting what a marvelous creation you and I are. That is not to say we are supposed to be arrogant, but we suppose to honor and respect what Allah created, and that includes self respect.
We are the marvel of Allah's creation. And He is proud of this creation to the point that Allah created the heavens and the earth but the angels were not commanded to prostrate to them. So the magnificent universe that Allah created did not call for angels to fall into prostration in awe of what Allah has created, and yet the human being was.
So we are not a typical creation of Allah, and Allah wants to remind us of that because a lot of times, in this life, when we deal with each other, we can make someone feel worthless while we forget that Allah honored us above and beyond even the angels. Each one of us. Not just Adam. It's humanity that was honored in that way.
[u]We forget that[/u], and of course the one that wants us to forget that more than anyone else is Iblis (Satan), he wants us to be humiliated and the best way to humiliate us is to have us have a low opinion of ourselves. So if you think lowly of yourself and that you are worthless, then the thoughts and actions that follow from that are going to be a chain of negativity that will mimic the sentiments of the devil himself.
Therefore, Allah is highlighting what a marvelous creation you and I are. That is not to say we are supposed to be arrogant, but we suppose to honor and respect what Allah created, and that includes self respect.