Qisa Adam Iblees Aur Insaan Ka Imtehan?
Lets decompose the questions first 1. Why did iblis disobeyed despite having seen God and no influence of a devil. 2. Humans have not seen God and on top of that have to deal with the devil — is it a perfect recipe to fail humans? 3. Based on some ahadiths (any reference?), just by discussing something a man can go to the heaven or hell. Have I missed anything? Hope the breakdown will help answer the questions properly.
1: Iblis disobeying God in the absence of a conspirator! There is a faculty in an able being, that of personality. This faculty can be as base as an animal or as high as an angel. The Ego is the one that will choose the way to live. When it chooses to serve God, it becomes humble, kind, and non-self-centred, but when it serves “the self,” it becomes arrogant, proud, and selfish. One does not need a conspirator to be misled; rather, selfish self-preservation will do it. We see it in the arrogant, racist, tyrant, persecutor. The driving force is the idea within the being itself. Azazel was a being with a self-inflated ego. That pride would lead an Ego to self-destruction even in the presence of the truth if it were staring right in the face. 2: The Ego of the human is not dissimilar to that of the thinking Jīn. Every conscious being has this inherent ability to differentiate right and wrong, lies or truth, death or life, etc. Again, the same faculty will do what it does. The conspirator, Id and the helper, superego, will always operate, respectively, to dissuade or encourage from doing what is right. This choice is within the moral compass of the beholder. What good is a test when it leans towards the answer? When has climbing a mountain an easy feat, winning a gold medal in the Olympics an easy ordeal? When has ever in the history of humanity, a prize been given for an easy ordeal? The difficulty is not that it is difficult to resist the devil, rather, how we deal with our own selfishness and resist the temptations of the devil and hearken to the encouragement of the angels. There is no disadvantage but only the deception of the devil to doubt the wisdom of the Lord. 3: The discussion of anything is not the problem. The problem is the motive behind the question, the philosophy, the principle lurking behind the question. The principle of learning and an honest enquiry will lead to a certain way of life and the principle of vengeful deceit covered up as a rightful question will lead to another way of life. The honest will find the answer for himself and lead a rightful life, the dishonest will eventually reveal himself and lead a life of rebellion. Have we not seen the atheist ask a question with a smirk on the face and deceit in his heart versus an honest learner who cannot understand the concept of life and death and asks God to show with an example? All the questions were answered in the various videos shared. These and many more questions have been answered by scholars of all faiths from hundreds of years ago. They have been answered by philosophers and religious scholars alike. All it takes is going through the questions one by one and the first and the foremost question that deserves an answer is the existence of God and the rest follows. The faltering down the lane is usually due to an unsatisfying answer to the Prime question. Stay blessed, always.