The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 162
162. Essence of Islam II or a Governor-General, but that does not mean that the postman who acts as an agent between the Ruler and the. Governor-General ranks higher than the GovernorGeneral. The same is the case with the mediators, who convey the designs of the All-Powerful in the physical and spiritual systems to the earth and occupy themselves in carrying them out. God, the Glorious, has made it clear at several places in the Holy Qur'ān that whatever has been created in earth and heaven is for the benefit of man and man ranks higher and above all of them and is served by them, as it is said: . . . . At another place it is said: 46 و سَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَد ايبين 45 إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَيْكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِن طِينٍ ، فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُوا لة سجدِينَ ، فَسَجَدَ المَيْكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُوْنَ o إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ. Call to mind when thy Lord (of Whom you are the ultimate manifestation) said to the angels: I am about to bring into being a man from clay, so when I have perfected him and have breathed into him My spirit, do ye all fall down in prostration before him, that is, occupy yourselves in serving him with great humility and be so subservient as if you were lying in prostration before him. So the angels all fell down in prostration before the perfect man, except Satan, who deprived himself of this good fortune. 45 'And He has pressed into your service the sun and the moon moving constantly. '—Ibrāhīm, 14:34 [Publisher] 46 Şad, 38:72-75 [Publisher]