The word Khalifa in 2:30 refers to a non-human Khalifa, namely Satan, while its occurrence in 38:26 refers to a human Khalifa.1
An independent jinn soul, a descendant of Satan, is assigned to every human to argue Satan's view, stays from birth to death, and serves as the main witness on the Day of Judgment.1, 2, 3
Billions of years ago Satan, a high-ranking creature, thought his God-given powers made him fit to be a god besides God, but only God has the qualifications and ability to be a god.1, 2
Satan and his representatives promote idolizing powerless creatures such as Muhammad, Jesus, Mary, and the saints, and because of our polytheistic tendencies most of us are easy prey.1
The command for angels to fall prostrate before Adam is allegorical, meaning the angels serve humans on earth by guarding them and driving wind, rain, and provisions, which Satan refused to do.1, 2
The previous scripture describes Lucifer wanting to be like the Most High, and Jesus rejecting Satan's offer because God alone is to be worshiped.1, 2
The souls of humans and jinns were kept in a depository, and God made bodies for them, the first jinn body from fire for Satan and the first human body from clay.1, 2
To test Satan's claim, God created seven universes and appointed Satan as a temporary god on the tiny Earth, and the Quran's account of this confirms the previous scripture.1, 2
The myth of intercession is one of Satan's most effective tricks, leading millions of Christians to idolize Jesus and millions of Muslims to idolize Muhammad.1, 2
Abraham showed exemplary submission by being willing to sacrifice his only son Ismail when he thought God commanded it, but the command actually came from Satan.1
God intervened to save Abraham and Ismail from Satan's plot, telling Abraham that he believed the dream, which was a dream inspired by Satan.1
After our original sin, God gave us a chance to denounce our crime and accept His absolute authority, but we chose to see a demonstration of Satan's competence as a god.1
Hajj continues with a day at Arafat, a night at Muzdalifah, days at Mina with an animal sacrifice to feed the poor, stoning that symbolizes rejecting Satan's polytheism, and a farewell circling of the Ka'bah.1, 2, 3
Seeking religious guidance from anything besides the Quran, however right it seems, falls into Satan's trap and amounts to rejecting God's word and setting up another god besides God.1, 2
Satan believed his God-given powers qualified him to function as an independent god.1
The misery, disease, accidents, and war in Satan's dominion show that Satan is incompetent.1
The Quran states that Satan was an angel because of the immense powers and rank given to him, which is why he is addressed as an angel before his fall.1
Angels shaped the first human body on earth by God's instructions, God assigned Adam to it, and Satan alone refused to fall prostrate when told angels would serve humans.1, 2
Billions of years ago Satan, a high ranking creature, imagined he could run a dominion as a god besides God, an idea born of ego, which is arrogance augmented by ignorance.1, 2
Each person's jinn companion pushes Satan's view that God alone is not enough, testifies against the person on the Day of Judgment, though many jinn companions are converted by their humans.1
Eve was cloned from Adam with feminine features; their souls lived in Heaven while their bodies stayed on earth, until listening to Satan placed them in Satan's dominion.1, 2
God created seven universes, and Satan's dominion is the tiny Earth in the smallest, innermost universe, which cannot stand God's physical presence.1, 2
Jinns are the half of the rebels who leaned closer to Satan with the biggest egos; they are Satan's descendants, and one jinn accompanies each human from birth to death.1, 2, 3
Satan rules his small kingdom far from God's physical presence, yet with God's full knowledge and control.1
Just as a hypnotist can make a subject deny his past actions, idol worshipers will deny on the Day of Judgment that they ever worshiped idols.1, 2
Like hypnotized subjects, Satan's followers make up excuses for their evil, claiming their parents did it or God commanded it, yet God never advocates evil.1, 2
Satan urges Muslims not to accept the Quran alone, and once a person refuses to uphold God's word alone and worship God alone, Satan strips his mind and makes him think he is guided.1, 2, 3
The only way to escape Satan's hypnosis is to stop idolizing creatures, and these idols include anything designed to supplement the Quran.1
The Quran's criterion for being under Satan's spell is that one's heart shrinks when God alone is mentioned but rejoices when others are mentioned besides Him.1, 2
Those afraid to snap out of hypnosis wage a hopeless campaign to suppress God's miracle, but God insists His light will prevail.1, 2
True followers of Islam firmly believe in God and the Quran alone, and God has freed them from Satan's spell.1, 2
Satan refused to fall prostrate before Adam when God commanded the angels, becoming arrogant and unappreciative.1
The plural form in 2:36 and 2:38 shows that the order to go down was issued to all humans, Adam, Eve and their descendants, and all jinns, Satan and his descendants.1
Hadith and Sunna are Satan's lies falsely attributed to the Prophet Muhammad, and those trapped in them defend them to the death.1
Those who claim to be Muslims yet call for killing Christians and Jews follow a religion that has nothing to do with the Islam Muhammad preached.1
The devil is an absolute idiot for thinking he could be a god besides God, though he knows God created him.1
Whenever a person thinks he can do anything or has any control or power, he falls into the trap of worshiping the ego, which Satan initiated.1, 2, 3
We are born with no memory of our original sin and have absolute freedom to choose God's view that He alone is Lord or Satan's view that there are other lords.1
We chose to be Satan's constituents in his temporary kingdom on earth, yet perfect happiness and God's protection remain available if we repent and work to fulfill God's redemption plan.1, 2
God never ordered Abraham to kill his son; Abraham was willing to sacrifice him because he believed a dream inspired by Satan, and proclaiming this was a duty of the Messenger of the Covenant.1, 2
Pilgrims throw 21 pebbles at Mena, seven at each of three stations, symbolizing the rejection of Satan's polytheism.1
God is the truth and the Quran is the truth, so we must not mix truth with falsehood or knowingly conceal it, since deceiving means listening to the devils.1, 2, 3
The devil incites fear in those who do not fully trust God and greed in those who forget they will meet their Lord, leading people to dishonesty.1
God never advocates evil while Satan does, so a father slaughtering his son cannot come from God and can only come from Satan.1
Satan uses people's dislike of feeling wrong to keep them defending false beliefs, and only God can protect a person from false religious beliefs.1, 2