The Devil's Refusal

Insolence! That what came to my mind upon reading this

The Devil’s Refusal

I am not such a foolish angel that I would bow to Adam!
He is made of dust, but my element is fire.
It is my ardour that heats the blood in the veins of the universe:
I am in the raging storm and the crashing thunder;
I am the bond that holds the atoms together, and the law that rules the elements;
I burn and give form - I am the alchemist's fire.
What I have myself made I break in pieces,
Only to create new forms from the old dust.
From my sea rises the wave of the heavens that know no rest –
The splendour and glory of my element fashions the world.
The stars owe their existence to You, but they owe their motion to me:
I am the soul of the world, the hidden life that is seen by none.
You give the soul to the body, but I set that soul astir.
You rob on the highway by causing sloth, I guide along the right path with burning passion.
I did not beg paupers to bow down before me: I am mighty, but do not need a hell;
I am a judge, but do not need resurrection.
Adam - that creature of dust, that short-sighted ignoramus -
Was born in your lap but will grow old in my arms!

[Translation by Mustansir Mir]

انکارِ ابلیس

نوری ناداں نیم سجدہ بہ آدم برم
او بہ نہاد است خاک من بہ نژاد آذرم
می تپد از سوز من خون رگ کائنات
من بہ دو صرصرم من بہ غو تندرم
رابطۂ سالمات ضابطۂ امہات
سوزم و سازے دھم آتش مینا گرم
ساختۂ خویش را در شکنم ریز ریز
تا ز غبار کہن ، پیکر نو آورم
از زو من موجۂ چرخِ سکوں ناپذیر

نقش گرِ روزگار، تاب و تب جوہرم
پیکر انجم ز تو گردش انجم ز من
جاں بجہاں اندرم، زندگی مضمرم
تو بہ بدن جاں دہی، شور بجاں من دہم
تو بہ سکوں رہ زنی، من بہ تپش رہبرم
من ز تنک مایگاں گدیہ نکردم سجود
قاہر بَے دوزخم، داور بے محشرم
آدم خاکی نہاد، دوں نظر و کم سواد
زاد در آغوش تو، پیر شود در برم

But subhanAllah! Allama had used some pretty powerful vocabulary and style here.

I am not such a foolish angel that I would bow to Adam!
He is made of dust, but my element is fire.
It is my ardour that heats the blood in the veins of the universe:
I am in the raging storm and the crashing thunder;
I am the bond that holds the atoms together, and the law that rules the elements;
I burn and give form - I am the alchemist's fire.

This made me realize that indeed we depend on fire for such a variety of things. I mean heat is one of the main focuses of science and this heat energy is like ubiquitous. Reactions cannot happen without the exchange of heat.  Science apparently runs on heat, yet it was the first time that I have found Devil claiming all this credit to himself. It makes me step back and think whoa..so that is why he dared such a major disobedience against Allah subhana watala...this hubris, this prejudice on him was based on his assumption of being the rudiment of the Creation, of apparently running everything.

What I have myself made I break in pieces,
Only to create new forms from the old dust.
From my sea rises the wave of the heavens that know no rest – 
The splendour and glory of my element fashions the world.

Now this all relates back to the previous section. Dust, break , make were the themes that we saw in the creation of Adam (elehi salam). Is the Devil trying to undermine the phenomenons that we found sparking and amazing  in the last scenario?

Nature was distraught because, from the dust of a world without will,

One had been born who could make and unmake himself, and watch over himself.

Perhaps in the last passage the nature itself was aware of the capabilities of human being. It knew and realized the worth of him, and by being shown distraught it was actually testifying to the potential and power of the humans. In contrast, all we see here is the devil admiring and gloating over himself. The elements inside humans are the  witness and proof of its greatness, while Iblis is stretching his words solely to sound at par rather more excellent than human being . Moreover, Adam elehi salam had not said a word here. You know as they say empty vessels make more noise, the pride in the Cursed one could not sit silent.

The stars owe their existence to You, but they owe their motion to me:
I am the soul of the world, the hidden life that is seen by none.
You give the soul to the body, but I set that soul astir.
You rob on the highway by causing sloth, I guide along the right path with burning passion.
I did not beg paupers to bow down before me: I am mighty, but do not need a hell;
I am a judge, but do not need resurrection.
Adam - that creature of dust, that short-sighted ignoramus -
Was born in your lap but will grow old in my arms!

Sheer insolence! I don't understand the highway and sloth part, and who is he referring to as paupers?

wow is he claiming to be better than Allah subhanawatala naudbillah? Is He saying that unlike Allah subhana watala he would not require hell fire,  resurrection and prayers? 

Adam will grow old in my arms!!!! This is challenging the Raboobiat and Lordship of Allah subhanawatala...I wonder why allama dramatize this passage? In the Quran the ayahs are

And We created you, then fashioned you, then told the angels: Fall ye prostrate before Adam! And they fell prostrate, all save Iblis, who was not of those who make prostration. (11) He said: What hindered thee that thou didst not fall prostrate when I bade thee? (Iblis) said: I am better than him. Thou createdst me of fire while him Thou didst create of mud. (12) He said: Then go down hence! It is not for thee to show pride here, so go forth! Lo! thou art of those degraded. (13) He said: Reprieve me till the day when they are raised (from the dead). (14) He said: Lo! thou art of those reprieved. (15) He said: Now, because Thou hast sent me astray, verily I shall lurk in ambush for them on Thy Right Path. (16) Then I shall come upon them from before them and from behind them and from their right hands and from their left hands, and Thou wilt not find most of them beholden (unto Thee). (17)

I have not yet read the comments. Wonder what other Ibna-e-Adam (sons of Adam) are saying!