Editing Satan (section)

===Islamic mysticism===
According to some adherents of [[Sufism|Sufi]] mysticism, Iblis refused to bow to Adam because he was fully devoted to God alone and refused to bow to anyone else.{{sfn|Geoffroy|2010|page=150}}{{sfn|Vicchio|2008|page=183}} For this reason, Sufi masters regard Satan and Muhammad as the two most perfect monotheists.{{sfn|Geoffroy|2010|page=150}} Sufis reject the concept of [[Dualistic cosmology|dualism]]{{sfn|Geoffroy|2010|page=150}}{{sfn|Ahmadi|Ahmadi|1998|page=79}} and instead believe in the [[unity of opposites|unity of existence]].{{sfn|Ahmadi|Ahmadi|1998|page=79}} In the same way that Muhammad was the instrument of God's mercy,{{sfn|Geoffroy|2010|page=150}} Sufis regard Satan as the instrument of God's wrath.{{sfn|Geoffroy|2010|page=150}} For the Muslim Sufi scholar [[Ahmad Ghazali]], Iblis was the paragon of lovers in self-sacrifice for refusing to bow down to Adam out of pure devotion to God<ref name="Ghazali">{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337198008 |title=Ahmad Ghazali's Satan |author1=Ghorban Elmi |date=November 2019 |access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref> Ahmad Ghazali's student [[Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir]] was among the Sunni Muslim mystics who defended Iblis, asserted that evil was also God's creation, Sheikh Adi argued that if evil existed without the will of God, then God would be powerless and powerlessness can't be attributed to God.<ref name="GARNIK">{{cite book |last = Victoria Arakelova |first =Garnik S.Asatrian |title = The Religion of the Peacock angel The Yezidis and their spirit world |publisher = Routledge |isbn = 978-1-84465-761-2 |page = 38 |year = 2014}}</ref> Some Sufis assert, since Iblis was destined by God to become a devil, God will also restore him to his former angelic nature. [[Attar of Nishapur|Attar]] compares Iblis's damnation to the Biblical [[Benjamin]]: Both were accused unjustly, but their punishment had a greater meaning. In the end, Iblis will be released from hell.<ref>Awn, Peter J. (1983). Satan's Tragedy and Redemption: Iblīs in Sufi Psychology. Leiden, Germany: Brill Publishers. p. 177 {{ISBN|978-9004069060}}.</ref>

However, not all Muslim Sufi mystics are in agreement with a positive depiction of Iblis. [[Rumi]]'s viewpoint on Iblis is much more in tune with Islamic orthodoxy. Rumi views Iblis as the manifestation of the [[Seven deadly sins|great sins]] of [[pride|haughtiness]] and [[envy]]. He states: "(Cunning) intelligence is from Iblis, and love from Adam."<ref>{{cite book|first=Annemarie|last=Schimmel|title=The Triumphal Sun: A Study of the Works of Jalaloddin Rumi|publisher=[[SUNY Press]]|location=Albany, New York|date=1993|isbn=978-0-791-41635-8|page=255}}</ref>