Iblis

(“ despair ”), called Aza´zil before he was cast out of heaven. He refused to pay homage to Adam, and was rejected by God.— Al Korân . “We created you, and afterwards formed you, and all worshipped except Eblis.”... And God said unto him, “What hindered you from worshipping Adam, since I commanded it?” He answered, “I am more excellent than he. Thou hast created me of fire, but him of clay.” God said, “Get thee down, therefore, from paradise ... thou shalt be one of the contemptible.”— Al Korân , vii.