The angel who became Satan the Devil developed a covetous desire to resemble the Most High and to be worshipped. This led him to rebel against Jehovah and to seduce Eve into coveting something God had forbidden.
كَذلِكَ آدَمُ ٱرْتَكَبَ ٱلصَّنَمِيَّةَ بِمَعْنًى مِنَ ٱلْمَعَانِي حِينَ سَمَحَ لِرَغْبَتِهِ ٱلْأَنَانِيَّةِ فِي ٱلْبَقَاءِ بِرِفْقَةِ زَوْجَتِهِ أَنْ تَطْغَى عَلَى طَاعَتِهِ لِأَبِيهِ ٱلسَّمَاوِيِّ ٱلْمُحِبِّ .‏