Was it Allah's perfect plan when iblis reject to do Sajdah to Adam(A.S)?

Question

As we believe, Allah has created each and every thing in this world, even one leaf of a tree can't move without the order of Allah Almighty. I often wondered was it Allah's perfect plan when iblis(satan) reject to do Sajda to Adam(A.S), as iblis(satan) is also a creature of Allah?

And in following ayat iblis explicitly showed his disobedience to God.Did the iblis have command to reject Allah's order?

And In Surah Al-Araf (12):

[ Allah ] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."

I hope this is a valid question, if not then please feel free to edit and guide me.

Answer 1

Well , this could lead to a wider discussion of determinism vs free will , but this is definitely out of scope of the question .
So here is my thoughts on this , remember when Allah said that he would create a new creation to inherit the earth and the angels voiced their concern ?

وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي جَاعِلٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا أَتَجْعَلُ فِيهَا مَن يُفْسِدُ فِيهَا وَيَسْفِكُ الدِّمَاءَ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority." They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we declare Your praise and sanctify You?" Allah said, "Indeed, I know that which you do not know."
Quran 2:30

Notice how Allah said directly to the Angels that the new creation will inherit The earth , and that was before Adam was banished from heaven to Earth , in fact before Adam was created in the first place , so we know that without a shadow of a doubt Allah knew about this whole exchange between Satan and Adam , and that Satan would refuse to prostrate and all the events that would follow that and all the events before that actually , Allah knows everything all the time everywhere and anywhere .
Now This might tempt you to say that Satan shouldn't be punished as he only follows what was ordered of him , here is where the fallacy lies .
Just because Allah knows what will happen doesn't mean he influenced anyone to choose the path they did , infact an analogy I read once about that says that having a time machine and traveling back and forth in time as a spectator isn't equivalent to having any influence on people's free will .
So Allah knows he would do that , he just didn't Influence Satan into doing it.
Thus preserving the freedom of will , which is guaranteed for both Human and Jinn(Satan) .

To answer your question : yes , Allah knew Iblis would do that , but he didn't command him to do it by any means , it was an internal drive from Iblis himself , his own arrogance and self-importance .