when we said to the angels prostrate before adam they prostrated but not iblis. he was one of the jinn so he transgressed against his lords command. will you then take him and his offspring for guardians in my stead though they are your enemies? how evil a substitute for the wrongdoers!
وإذ قلنا للملائكة اسجدوا لآدم فسجدوا إلا إبليس كان من الجن ففسق عن أمر ربه أفتتخذونه وذريته أولياء من دوني وهم لكم عدو بئس للظالمين بدلا