Iblees (Satan) name comes from the root بلس (balasa) which means to give up hope or to despair, because he despaired in the mercy of God. Thinking that you’ve slipped up or intentionally sinned so much that Allah can’t and won’t forgive you isn’t real talk, it’s satanic.
What a painful concept.
We’re meant to believe this implies ʾIblīs is too proud to accept Yahweh’s grace but all I read into it is that He really is the most humble lover. We’re suggested the ability to constantly push further on divine restraints and then expect mercy. His most beloved angel is not given to that disgusting insubordination and is damned.
Yet He is the one whom we suggest struggles with pride? (via whoreofabaddon)
This concept that humanity is entitled to redemption and salvation while Lucifer is undeserving of this mercy can be found within most Christian traditions as well. There’s one song in particular I’m reminded of, Embracing Accusations by Shane and Shane, that plays with this idea (though it’s original intent was no doubt to place him in the role of the malicious devil whispering in one’s ear).
Its ironic that the majority of rhetoric concerning Lucifer makes him out to be unrepentant and hateful when the very scripture of various traditions suggests otherwise.
As an angel, Lucifer was created to love and serve his god with every fiber of his being. Falling does not erase those instincts, rather, it makes it so that he is unable to fulfill the very purpose he was created for.
Melek Taus, after his exile, was said to have “repented and wept for 7,000 years, his tears filling seven jars, which then quenched the fires of hell”.
Perhaps it is not that Lucifer’s pride is so great that he would not repent. Perhaps instead he does not believe himself worthy of his god’s forgiveness, regardless of whether or not his reasons for disobeying and falling were right or wrong.
Mourning Star indeed.