[He answered]:
1- Your question, sir, is the question of a stubborn adversary—(1) one who quarrels with the Lord of the Throne, the Fashioner of all creation.
2- It is the very question (2) with which Iblis, the root of every calamity, once disputed with the exalted company on high.
3- Whoever sets himself up as an opponent to the All-Dominant will be hurled back headlong, plummeting into the pit.