Our first parents, Adam and Eve, foolishly rejected God’s sovereignty in favor of being ruled by “the original serpent, the one called Devil and Satan. ” Consider how this happened.
تَصَرَّفَ أَبَوَانَا ٱلْأَوَّلَانِ آدَمُ وَحَوَّاءُ بِحَمَاقَةٍ حِينَ رَفَضَا ٱلسُّلْطَانَ ٱلْإِلهِيَّ وَٱخْتَارَا حُكْمَ ‹ ٱلْحَيَّةِ ٱلْأُولَى ،‏ ٱلْمَدْعُوَّةِ إِبْلِيسَ وَٱلشَّيْطَانَ › .‏