There is no ruling on him in every way *** and height has no effect on him
[ The obligation, the sin, the punishment ]
Know, may God help you with a spirit from Him. God Almighty says to Iblis, “Prostrate to Adam.” Then the matter appeared in him and he said to Adam and Eve, “Do not approach this tree.” So the prohibition appeared among them, and the obligation is divided between a command and a prohibition, and they are predicated of obligation until they are taken out of the position of obligation by a presumption of circumstance, and if our doctrine regarding them is suspension, then the command and prohibition must be complied with. This is the first command that appeared in the natural world and the first prohibition. We have informed you that the first thought is the first and that all first things cannot be except divine, and for this reason You give charity and never make a mistake, and its owner is certain of it, for its authority is strong. Since this was the first command and prohibition, the punishment was imposed upon violation, and he was not given time. So if the commands came through intermediaries, the force of the first would not be stronger. These are the commands that have come to us on the tongues of the messengers, and they are in two parts, either seconds, which is what God delivers to His Prophet in Himself. Without the intermediary of the king, the divine command reaches us, and it has passed over a cosmic presence, so it has gained a state from it that it did not have before. The divine names received him in this cosmic presence, and shared with him their rulings in his rule, or the king descends upon him with that command, so the divine command has passed over two presences of the universe, Gabriel and any angel. He was and was any prophet