Sūrat al-Baqarah
Section 9 of 59 · Surah Studies · Mufti Abdul Rahman Mangera
Ādam and Iblīs
There follows the account of Ādam (peace be upon him) and Iblīs. This is the first sūrah, and the first man upon this earth: the scene is being set between truth and bāṭil. Iblīs does not prostrate; and so the whole account proceeds, and he becomes malʿūn, rejected, a sworn enemy.
Allah is telling us, at the very beginning of the Qur'an: know this — that this was your forefather, and this was his enemy. Do not now take him as a friend; take him rather as an enemy, for this is what occurred at your very origin. The malāʾikah are of course mentioned there.