The second proof:

Allah’s words, recounting what Iblīs said:

“Do You see this one whom You have honored above me?”

This explicitly states that Adam was honored above Iblīs when Iblīs was commanded to prostrate to him.

The third proof:

Allah Most High created Adam with His Hand, as mentioned in the Book and the Sunnah, whereas He created the angels not with His Hand but by His word. This is affirmed by all who profess Islam, Sunnis and adherents of innovation alike—indeed, the People of the Scripture also affirm it. People hold three views concerning Allah’s two Hands.

As for Ahl al-Sunnah, they say:

Allah’s two Hands are two attributes of His Essence. The same principle applies to them as to all His attributes, including His life, knowledge, power, will, and speech. They therefore affirm every attribute with which He has described Himself and with which His prophets have described Him, even when the names of His attributes are shared with the attributes of others.

Likewise, He has names that may also be applied to others, such as compassionate, merciful, knowing, hearing, seeing, forbearing, patient, appreciative, powerful, giver of security, exalted, mighty, and great. Yet any actual resemblance or equivalence is denied, as in His words, Most High:

“There is nothing like Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.”

This verse combines affirmation with declaring Him free of any likeness. The relation of His attributes to Him is like the relation of His creation to Him: one relation and attribution resembles the other. It is in this respect that His names and the names of His attributes are shared with others. Likewise, seeing Him has been compared to seeing the sun and moon—a comparison between the acts of seeing, not between the objects seen. Similarly, He has drawn an analogy between His relationship with His servants, whom He owns, and the relationship of some of His creatures with their slaves. His is the highest description in the heavens. So reflect on