The Knowledge
قَالَ يَا آدَمُ أَنْبِئْهُمْ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ ۖ فَلَمَّا أَنْبَأَهُمْ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكُمْ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ غَيْبَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَأَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ {33}
He said: O Adam! Inform them of their names. Then when he had informed them of their names, He said: Did I not Say to you that I Know unseen of the skies and the earth and I know what you are manifesting and what you have been concealing? [2:33]
حريز، عمن أخبره، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: «لما أن خلق الله آدم، أمر الملائكة أن يسجدوا له. فقالت الملائكة في أنفسها: ما كنا نظن أن الله خلق خلقا أكرم عليه منا، فنحن جيرانه، و نحن أقرب الخلق إليه. فقال الله: أَ لَمْ أَقُلْ لَكُمْ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ غَيْبَ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ أَعْلَمُ ما تُبْدُونَ وَ ما كُنْتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ فيما أبدوا من أمر بني الجان، و كتموا ما في أنفسهم، فلاذت الملائكة الذين قالوا ما قالوا بالعرش
Hareyz, from the one who informed him,
(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah-asws, having said: ‘When Allah-azwj Created Adam-as, (He-azwj) Commanded the Angels that they should perform Sajdah to him-as. So the Angels said within themselves: ‘What we used to think is that Allah-azwj has not Created a creature more prestigious than us, and we are of His-azwj Proximity, and we are the closest of the creatures to Him-azwj’. So, Allah-azwj Said He said: O Adam! Inform them of their names. Then when he had informed them of their names, He said: Did I not Say to you that I Know unseen of the skies and the earth and I know what you are manifesting and what you have been concealing? [2:33] Regarding what they had manifested from the affair of the Clan of Jaan, and concealed what was within their own selves. Thus, it is due to that, that the Angels said what they said by the Throne’.[1]
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[1] تفسير العيّاشي 1: 33/ 14.