{"id":1887,"date":"2020-01-19T19:43:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T11:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/?p=1887"},"modified":"2020-01-19T19:43:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-19T11:43:11","slug":"prophet-adam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/?p=1887","title":{"rendered":"Prophet Adam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\nAllah\nthe Almighty revealed:\nRemember when your Lord said to the angels: ‘Verily, I am going to\nplace mankind generations after generations on earth.’ They said:\n‘Will You place therein those who will make mischief therein and shed\nblood, while we glorify You with praises and thanks (exalted be You\nabove all that they associate with You as partners) and sanctify\nYou.’ Allah said: ‘I know that which you do not know.’<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\ntaught Adam all the names of everything, then He showed them to the\nangels and said: “Tell Me the names of these if you are\ntruthful.” They (angels) said: “Glory be to You, we have no\nknowledge except what You have taught us. Verily, it is You, the\nAll-Knower, the All-Wise.” <\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nHe\nsaid: “O Adam! Inform them of their names,” and when he had\ninformed them of their names, He said: “Did I not tell you that\nI know the unseen in the heavens and the earth, and I know what you\nreveal and what you have been hiding?”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nRemember\nwhen We said to the angels: “Prostrate yourself before Adam”\nThey prostrated except Iblis, he refused and was proud and was one of\nthe disbelievers(disobedient to Allah).”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nWe\nsaid: “O Adam! Dwell you and your wife in the Paradise and both\nof you freely with pleasure and delight of things therein as wherever\nyou will but come not near this tree or you both will be of the\nZalimeen (wrongdoers).”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThen\nthe Satan made them slip therefrom (the Paradise), and got them out\nfrom that in which they were. We said: “Get you down all with\nenmity between yourselves. On earth will be a dwelling place for you\nand an enjoyment for a time.” <\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThen\nAdam received from his Lord Words. His Lord pardoned him (accepted\nhis repentance). Verily He is the One Who forgives (accepts\nrepentance), the most Merciful. <\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nWe\nsaid: “Get down all of you from this place (the Paradise), then\nwhenever there comes to you Guidance from Me, and whoever follows My\nGuidance there shall be no fear on them, nor shall they grieve. But\nthose who disbelieve and belie Our Ayah (proofs, evidences, verses,\nlessons, and signs and revelations, etc) such are the dwellers of the\nFire, they shall abide therein forever.” <\/em>(Chapter\n2:30-39, Qur’an). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAlmighty\nAllah also revealed:\nAnd surely, We created you (your father Adam) and then gave you shape\n(the noble shape of a human being), then We told the angels,\n“Prostrate to Adam”, and they prostrated, except Iblis, he\nrefused to be those who prostrate. <\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\nsaid: “What prevented you (O Iblis) that you did not postrate\nwhen I commanded you?” <\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIblis\nsaid: “I am better than him (Adam), You created me from fire and\nhim You created from clay.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\nsaid: “O Iblis get down from this (Paradise), it is not for you\nto be arrogant here. Get out for you are of those humiliated and\ndisgraced.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIblis\nsaid: “Allow me respite till the Day they are raised up (Day of\nResurrection).”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\nsaid: “You are of those allowed respite.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIblis\nsaid: “Because You have sent me astray, surely I will sit in\nwait against them (human beings) on Your Straight Path. Then I will\ncome to them from before them and behind them, from their right and\nfrom their left and You will not find most of them as thankful ones\n(they will not be dutiful to You).” <\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\nsaid: “Get out from Paradise, disgraced and expelled. Whoever of\nthem (mankind) will follow you, then surely I will fill Hell with you\nall.” <\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n“And\nO Adam! Dwell you and your wife in Paradise, and eat thereof as you\nboth wish, but approach not this tree otherwise you both will be of\nthe Zalimeen (unjust and wrongdoers).” <\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThen\nSatan whispered suggestions to them both in order to uncover that\nwhich was hidden from them of their private parts before, he said:”\nYour Lord did not forbid you this tree save you should become angels\nor become of the immortals.” Satan swore by Allah to them both\nsaying: “Verily I am one of the sincere well wishers for you\nboth.” <\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nSo\nhe misled them with deception. Then when they tasted of the tree,\nthat which was hidden from them of their shame (private parts) became\nmanifest to them and they began to stick together the leaves of\nParadise over themselves (in order to cover their shame). Their Lord\ncalled out to them saying “Did I not forbid you that tree and\ntell you, Verily Satan is an open enemy unto you?” <\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThey\nsaid: “Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If You forgive us\nnot, and bestow not upon us Your Mercy, we shall certainly be of the\nlosers.” Allah said: “Get down one of you an enemy to the\nother (i.e. Adam, Eve, and Satan etc). On earth will be a dwelling\nplace for you and an enjoyment, for a time.” He said: “therein\nyou shall live, and therein you shall die, and from it you shall be\nbrought out (resurrected).” <\/em>(Chapter\n7:11-25 Qur’an). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nWe\nimagine when Allah the Almighty decided to create Adam: He addressed\nHis angels and told them to prostrate before him. He did not mean to\nask their opinion or take their advice, for He is above that. Allah\nthe Exalted told them that He was going to create a vicegerent on the\nearth who would have children and grandchildren who would corrupt the\nearth and shed each other’s blood. That is why the angels said to\nAllah the Almighty:\n“Will You place therein those who will make mischief therein and\nshed blood!” <\/em>(Chapter\n2:30 Quran). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThere\nare old traditions about the angels before the creation of Adam.\nAccording to Ibn Qatadah, it was said that the angels were informed\nabout the creation of Adam and his progency by the jinn who lived\nbefore Adam. Abdullah Ibn Umar said that the jinn had existed for\nabout 2000 years before Adam and then shed blood. Therefore Allah\nsent on them an army of angels that drove them out to the depths of\nthe seas. Ibn Abi Hatim narrated from Ali jafar Al Baqer that the\nangels were informed that man would cause wickedness and shed blood\non earth. It was also said that they knew that no one would be\ncreated on earth who would not be wicked and shed blood. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nWhether\nor not these traditions are correct, the angels did understand that\nAllah would create a vicegerent on earth. Allah the Almighty\nannounced that HE was going to create a human being out of clay, that\nHE would mold him and blow His spirit into him and then the angels\nshould prostrate before him. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAbi\nMusa al Sha’arai narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon\nhim) said: “Allah created Adam from a handful of dust taken from\ndifferent lands, so the children of Adam have been created according\nto the composition of the land. Therefore from mankind we have white,\nred, black and yellow ones; we have good and evil, ease and sorrow,\nand what comes in between them.” (Sahih al Bukhari). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIbn\nMasud and other companions of the Prophet (PBUH) said that Allah the\nAlmighty sent Gabriel onto the earth to said that Allah the Almighty\nsent Gabriel onto the earth to get Him clay therefrom. The earth\nsaid: “I seek refuge in Allah from your decreasing my quantity\nor disfiguring me.” So Gabriel returned and did not take\nanything. He said: “My Lord, the land sought refuge in You and\nit granted.” \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nSo\nAllah sent Michael for the same purpose, and the land sought refuge\nwith Allah and it was granted. So he went back and said to Allah what\nGabriel has said before him. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThen\nAllah sent the Angel of Death, and the land sought refuge in Allah,\nthe angel said: “I also seek refuge with Allah from returning\nwithout carrying out His command.” So he took clay from the face\nof the earth and mixed it. He did not take from one particular place,\nbut rather he took white, red, and black clay from different places. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\nAngel of Death ascended with it, Allah soaked the clay till it became\nsticky. Then Allah said to the angels:\n“Truly, I am going to create man from clay. So when I have\nfashioned him and breathed into him (his) soul created by Me, then\nyou fall down prostrate to him.” <\/em>(Chapter\n38:71-72 Quran). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nSo\nAllah shaped Adam into a human being, but he remaineda figure of clay\nfor 40 years. The angels went past him. They were seized with fear by\nwhat they saw, and Iblis felt fear most. He used to pass by the\nfigure of Adam, buffeting it, which would make a sound like pottery.\nAllah told us: “He\ncreated man (Adam) from sounding clay like the clay of pottery.”\n<\/em>(Chapter\n55:Quran). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nWhen\nthe time drew near to breathe the spirit into Adam, as Allah decreed,\nHe commanded the angels: “When I breathe My spirit into him\nprostrate before him.” Allah breathed His spirit into Adam and\nwhen it reached his head Adam sneezed. The angels said: “Say all\npraise belongs to Allah.” Adam repeated: “All praise\nbelongs to Allah.” Allah said to him: “Your Lord has\ngranted you mercy.” When the spirit reached his eyes, Adam\nlooked at the fruits of Paradise. When it reached his abdomen Adam\nfelt an appetite for food. He jumped hurriedly before the spirit\ncould reach his legs, so that he could eat from the fruits of\nParadise. Allah, therefore, said:\n“Man is created of haste.” <\/em>(Chapter\n21:37 Quran). And then:\nThe angels prostrated themselves all of them together. Except Iblis,\nhe refused to be among the prostrators.<\/em>\n(Ch 15:31-32 Quran). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAbu\nHurairah narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: “Allah\ncreated Adam from dust after He mixed the clay and left him for some\ntime until it became sticky mud, after which Allah shaped him. After\nthat Allah left him till it became like potter’s clay. Iblis used to\ngo past him saying ‘You have been created for a great purpose.’ After\nthat Allah breathed His spirit into him. The first thing into which\nthe spirit passed was his eye and then his nose. He sneezed. Allah\nsaid: “May your Lord have mercy upon you, O Adam! Go to those\nangels and see what they would say.’ So Adam went and greeted them.\nthey replied saying: “Peace be upon you and the mercy and\nblessings of Allah.” Allah said: “O Adam! This is your\ngreeting and that of your offspring.” (Sahih al Bukhari). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\nthe Almighty revealed:\nRemember when your Lord brought forth from the children of Adam, from\ntheir loins, their seed (or from Adam’s loin his offspring) and made\nthem testify as to themselves saying: “Am I not your Lord?”\nThey said: “Yes! We testify.” lest you should say on the\nDay of Resurrection. “Verily we have been unaware of this.”\nOr lest you should say: “It was only our father aforetime who\ntook others pas partners in worship along with Allah and we were\nmerely their descendants after them; will you then destroy us because\nof the deeds of men who practiced al batil (polytheism) and\ncommitting crimes and sins, invoking and worshipping others besides\nAllah?” <\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThus\ndo We explain the Ayah (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs,\nrevelations etc) in detail so that they may turn unto the truth. <\/em>(Ch\n7:172-174 Quran). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAdam’s\nprogeny declared: “Our Lord, we bear witness that You are our\nLord; we have no other Lord but Allah. Allah raised their father\nAdam, and he looked at them and saw those of them who were rich and\nthose who were poor, and those who had good forms and those who did\nnot. Adam said: “O Allah! I wish You to make Your servants\nequal.” Allah replied “I love being thanked.” Adam saw\namong the prophets like lamps among his progeny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAlmighty\nAllah declared:\nRemember when We took from the Prophets their covenant, and from you\n(o Muhammad), and from Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus son of Mary.\nWe took from them a strong covenant.<\/em>\n(Ch 33:7 Quran).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIn\nanother verse Allah the Exalted commanded:\n“So set you (O Muhammad) your face towards the religion of pure\nIslamic Monotheism Hanifan (worship none but Allah Alone) Allah’s\nFitrah (Allah’s Islamic Monotheism), with which He has created\nmankind. No change let there be in khalqillah (the Religion of\nAllah–Islamic Monotheism), that is the straight religion, but most\nmen know not.” <\/em>(Ch\n30:30 Quran). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAnother\nversion of the story relates that Allah took a handful of the dust of\nthe earth and mixed into it the colors, white, black, yellow and red.\nThat is the reason why men are born different colors. When Allah\nmixed the dust with water, it turned into potter’s clay that makes a\nsound. It was fermented and had a smell. Iblis passed by, wondering\nwhat was going to be made of that clay. From the clay Allah created\nAdam. he molded his form with His own hands and blew His spirit into\nhim. Adam’s body quivered as life was imbued into it. Verily\nHis Command, when He intends a thing is only that He says to it,\n“BE!” and it is!<\/em>\n(Ch 37:82 Quran). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\nthe Almighty declared:\nVerily the likeness of Jesus, in Allah’s Sight is the likeness of\nAdam, He created him from the dust then He said to him. “Be!”\n–and he was. <\/em>(Ch\n3:59 Quran). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAdam\nopened his eyes and saw all the angels prostrating before him except\none being who was standing at a distance Adam did not know what kind\nof creature it was that did not prostrate before him nor did he know\nits name. Iblis was standing with the angels so as to be included in\nthe command given to them but he was not one of them. He was a jinn,\nand as such he was supposed to be inferior to the angels. What is\nclear is that this prostration was to show respect and did not mean\nthat the angels were worshipping Adam. Prostrating in worship is done\nonly for ALLAH. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAlmighty\nAllah recounted the story of Iblis’s refusal to prostate before Adam:\nRemember\nwhen your Lord said to the angels, “I am going to create a man\n(Adam) from sounding clay of altered black smooth mud. So when I have\nfashioned him completely and breathed into him (Adam) the soul which\nI created for him then fall you down prostrating yourselves unto\nhim.” SO the angels prostrated themselves all of them together,\nexcept Iblis, he refused to be among the prostrators. Allah said: “O\nIblis! What is your reason for not being among the prostrators?”\nIblis said: “I am not the one to prostrate myself to a human\nbeing, whom You created from sounding clay of altered black smooth\nmud.” Allah said: “Then get out from here for verily you\nare Rajim (an outcast or cursed one). Verily the curse shall be upon\nyou till Day of Recompense (Day of Resurrection).<\/em>\n(Ch 15:28-35 Quran). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIn\nanother surah Almighty Allah recounted it thus:\nSurely We created you (your father Adam) and then gave you shape (the\nnoble shape of a human being), then We told the angels, “Prostrate\nto Adam and they prostrated except Iblis he refused to be of those\nwho prostrate.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\nsaid: “What prevented you Iblis that you did not prostrate when\nI commanded you?” Iblis said: “I am better than him (Adam),\nYou created me from fire and him You created from clay.” Allah\nsaid: “Get down from this Paradise, it is not for you to be\narrogant here. Get out, for you are of those humiliated and\ndisgraced.” Iblis said: Allow me respite till the Day of\nResurrection).” Allah said: “You are of those allowed\nrespite.”<\/em>\n(Ch 7:11-15 Quran). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIbn\nJarir reported that Muhammad Ibn sirin said that the first one to\nreach a conclusion by reasoning was Iblis and that the sun and moon\nwere not worshiped except through this method. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThis\nmeans that Iblis tried to compare himself to Adam. He believed that\nhe was more honorable than Adam. Therefore he abstained from\nprostrating even though Allah had commanded him to do so, just as He\nhad commanded the angels. If an analogy is made we see that Iblis is\nvain. For indeed clay is better than fire because in it can be found\nthe qualities of calmness, clemency, perseverance and growth; whereas\nin fire can be found heedlessness, insignificance, haste, and\nincineration. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIblis\ntried in vain to justify his refusal: “Shall\nI prostrate to one whom You created from clay?” Iblis said:\n“See? those whom You have honored above me, if You give me\nrespite (keep me alive) to the Day of Resurrection, I will surely\nseize and mislead his offspring (by sending them astray) all but a\nfew!” <\/em>(Ch\n17:62 Quran).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAdam\nwas following what was happening around him and had feelings of love,\nawe, and astonishment. Deep love of Allah,Who had created and\nglorified him and Who had made His angels prostrate before him. Awe\nof the Creator’s wrath when He excluded Iblis from His mercy. Adam\nwas surprised by this creature, Iblis who abhorred hiwithout even\nknowing him and who imagined himself better than Adam without having\nproved that he was worthier. What a strange creature Iblis was, and\nhow strange was his excuse for not prostrating! \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nHe\nimagined that fire is better than clay, but how did he get such an\nidea? Such knowledge is exclusive to Allah Who fire and clay and Who\nknows which is the better of the two. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nFrom\nthe dialogue Adam realized that Iblis was a creature characterized by\ncunning and ingratitude. He then knew that Iblis was his eternal\nenemy. He was greatly astonished at Iblis’s audacity and Allah’s\ntolerance. Immediately after his creation Adam witnessed the large\namount of freedom that Allah gives to His commissioned creatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\nknew that Iblis was not going to obey Him in prostrating before Adam.\nAllah could have totally annihilated him or turned him into a handful\nof dust or stifled the refusal in his mouth. Yet, Allah gives His\ncommissioned creatures absolute freedom even to the extent that they\ncan refuse Allah the Almighty’s commands. He grants them the freedom\nof denial, disobedience, and even disagreement with Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nHis\nkingdom will not diminish if the disbelievers do not believe in Him\nnor will it be extended if many people believe in Him. On the\ncontrary, the disbelievers will lose, and the believers will gain but\nAllah is above all of that. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThere\nwere many traditions about Iblis at the time of Prophet Muhammad\n(PBUH). Ibn Masud, Ibn Abbas and a group of the companions of the\nProphet Muhammad (PBUH) said that Iblis had been the head of the\nangels in the worldly heavens. Ibn Abbas said in one narration that\nhis name had been Azazil and in another narration he said it had been\nAl Harith. Ibn Abbas also said that Iblis was a jinn and that they\nhad once been the keepers of Paradise, with Iblis the most honorable\nand the most learned and the most pious of them. Another tradition\nsays that he had been one of the famous four possessors of wings\n(angels), before Allah transformed him into the accursed Satan. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\nAlmighty recounts Iblis’s disobedience in another surah: Remember\nwhen your Lord said to the angels: “Truly I am going to create\nman from clay. So when I have fashioned him and breathed into him\n(his) soul created by Me, then you fall down prostrate to him.”\nSo the angels prostrated themselves all of them; except Iblis, he was\nproud and was one of the disbelievers. <\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\nsaid: “The truth is, and the truth I say, that I will fill Hell\nwith you and those of them (mankind) that follow you together.”\n<\/em>(Ch\n38:71-85 Quran). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAfter\nthis lesson about freedom Adam learned another lesson, one about\nknowledge. Adam realized that Iblis was the symbol of evil in the\nuniverse and that the angels were the symbol of good. However he did\nnot yet know anything about himself. Then Allah made him perceive his\ntrue identity and the reason for his creation, and the secret of his\nglorification. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\nthe Exalted said:\nHe taught Adam all the names of everything.<\/em>\n(Ch 2:31 Quran). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAlmighty\nAllah granted Adam the power to know the natures of all things and to\nsummarize them by names; that is a bird, that is a star, that is a\ntree, etc Allah implanted in Adam an insatiable need for and love of\nknowledge and a desire to bequeath knowledge to his children. This\nwas the reason for his creation and the secret of his glorification. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAfter\nAdam had learned the names of all things, along with their properties\nand uses, Allah presented them to the angels and said:\n“Tell Me the names of these if you are truthful.”<\/em>\n(Ch 2:31 Quran) the angels admitted their inability:\n“Glory be to You, we have knowledge except what You have taught\nus. Verily it is You the All Knower, the All Wise.” <\/em>(Ch\n2:32) \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\nAlmighty then turned to Adam:\n“O Adam! Inform them of their names, ” and when he had\ninformed them of their names, He said: “Did I not tell you that\nI know the unseen in the heavens and the earth, and I know what you\nreveal and what you have been hiding?” <\/em>(Ch\n2:33). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\nwanted the angels to know that He knew of their astonishment when He\nhad told them about the creation of Adam and that He also knew of\ntheir confusion which they had not revealed, as well as what Iblis\nhad concealed of his disobedience and ingratitude. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\nangels realized that Adam was the creature who knew what they did not\nknow and that his capacity to learn was his noblest quality. His\nknowledge included knowledge of the Creator which we call faith or\nIslam, as well as the knowledge he would need to inhabit and master\nthe earth. All kinds of worldly knowledge which are included in this.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAdam\nknew the names of everything. Sometimes he talked to the angels, but\nthey were preoccupied with worshipping Almighty Allah. Therefore\nAdam, felt lonely. One day he slept and when he awoke he found near\nhis head, a woman gazing at his face with beautiful tender eyes. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\nangels asked him her name He replied: “Eve (Hawa).” (means\nliving things). They asked: “Why did you call her Eve?”\nAdam said: “Because she was created of me and I am a living\nbeing.” \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIbn\nAbbas and a group of companions of the Prophet (PBUH) narrated that\nwhen Iblis was sent out of Paradise and Adam was accommodated\ntherein, Adam was alone in Paradise and did not have a partner from\nwhom he could get tranquility. He slept for some time and when he\nwoke up, he saw a woman whom Allah had created from his ribs. So he\nasked her, “Who are you? She replied, “A woman” He\nasked: “Why have you been created?” She said :”So that\nyou could find tranquility in me.” The angels, trying to find\nout the extent of his knowledge, asked him: “What is her name O\nAdam?” He replied, “Eve” They asked “Why was she\nso named?” He replied, ” Because she was created from\nsomething living.” \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nMuhammad\nIbn Ishaaq and Ibn Abbas related that Eve was created from the\nshortest left rib of Adam while he was sleeping and after awhile she\nwas clothed with flesh. that is why Allah the Exalted said:\nO Mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord, Who created you from a single\nperson (Adam) and from Him (Adam) He created his wife (Eve), and from\nthem both He created many men and women.<\/em>\n(Ch 4:1) Allah also said:\nIt is he Who has created you from a single person (Adam) and then He\ncreated from him his wife (Eve), in order that he might enjoy the\npleasure of living with her.<\/em>\n(Ch 7:189). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAbu\nHurairah narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: “O\nMuslims! I advise you to be gentle with women, for they are created\nfrom a rib, and the most crooked portion of the rib is its upper\npart. If you try to straighten it, it will break and if you leave it,\nit will remain crooked, so I urge you to take care of the women.”\n(Sahih Bukhari). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\ncommanded Adam to dwell in Paradise:\n“O Adam! Dwell you and your wife in the Paradise and eat both of\nyou freely with pleasure and delight of things therein as wherever\nyou will, but come not near this tree or you both will be of the\nZalimeen (wrong doers).<\/em>(Ch\n2:35)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\nlocation of this Paradise is unknown to us. The Quran did not reveal\nit, and the commentators had five different opinions. Some said that\nit was the paradise of our refuge and that its place was heaven.\nOthers regreted that statement because if it was the paradise of\nrefuge Iblis would have been forbidden admission and disobedience\nwould have been forbidden as well. Still others said that it was\nanother paradise that was created by Allah for Adam and Eve. A fourth\ngroup said it was a paradise on the earth located in a high place.\nAnother group of commentators accept what was in the Quran without\nquestioning where this paradise was located. We agree with this last\nopinion as the lesson we learn from its location is immaterial\ncompared to the lesson we leafrom the events that took place there. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAdam\nand eve were admitted to Paradise and there they lived the dream of\nall human beings. Allah permitted them to approach and enjoy\neverything except one tree, that might have been the Tree of Pain or\nthe Tree of Knowledge. Allah forbade them they were give abode in\nParadise. “But\ncome not near this tree or you both will be of the wrong doers.”\n<\/em>(Ch\n2:35)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAdam\nand Eve understood that they were forbidden to eat the fruit of that\ntree. Adam was however a human being and man tends to forget. His\nheart changes and his will weakens. Iblis summoned all the envy\nwithin him and took advantage of Adam’s humanity to exploit him. He\nstarted to whisper to him day after day, coaxing him: “Shall I\nguide you to thTree of Immortality and the Eternal Kingdom?” He\nsaid to them:\n“Your Lord did not forbid you this tree save you should become\nangels or become of the immortals.” He (Satan) swore by Allah to\nthem both saying: “Verily I am one of the sincere well wishers\nfor you both.” <\/em>(Ch\n7:20-21)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAdam\nasked himself: “What will happen if I eat from this tree? It\nmight truly be the Tree of Immortality.” His dream was to live\nforever in the pure innocence of Paradise.” \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nYears\nwent by, and Adam and Eve were preoccupied with thoughts of that\ntree. Then one day they decided to eat of its fruit. They forgot that\nAllah had warned them not to approach it and that Iblis was their\nsworn enemy. Adam stretched out his hand, picked one of the fruits\nand offered it to Eve. They both ate of the forbidden tree. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\nAlmighty told us:\n“So he (Satan) misled them with deception.” (Ch 7:22) Allah\nsaid: “Thus did Adam disobey his Lord so he went astray.”\n<\/em>(Ch\n20:121).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAccording\nto the old Testament, Eve was tempted by the serpent to eat of the\nforbidden tree. She ate because of the words of the serpent and fed\nAdam some of it. At that moment, their eyes were opened to the fact\nthat they were naked, and they took the leaves of the fig tree to\ncover themselves. Wahb Ibn Munabah said that their clothing (before\ntheir sin) was made of light on the private parts of both of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThis\nstory in the Old Testament is a falsification and deception. Allah\nthe Almighty revealed: O\nChildren of Adam! Let not Satan deceive you, as he got your parents\n(Adam and Eve) out of Paradise stripping them of their rainments; to\nshow them their private parts. Verily he and Qabiluhu (his soldiers\nfrom the jinn or his tribe) see you from where you cannot see them.\nVerily, We made the devils (protectors and helpers) for those who\nbelieve not.” <\/em>(Ch\n7:27)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAdam\nhad hardly finished eating when he felt his heart contract, and he as\nfilled with pain, sadness and shame. The surrounding atmosphere had\nchanged and the internal music had stopped. He discovered that he and\nhis wife were naked, so they both started cutting tree leaves with\nwhich to cover themselves. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\nthe Almighty addressed him:\n“Did I not forbid you that tree and tell you: Verily Satan is an\nopen enemy unto you?” They said: “Our Lord! We have wronged\nourselves. If You forgive us not, and bestow not upon us Your Mercy,\nwe shall certainly be of the losers.” Allah said; “Get\ndown, one of you an enemy to the other (Adam, Eve, and Satan etc). On\nearth will be a dwelling place for you and an enjoyment, for a time.”\nHe said: “Therein you shall live and therein you shall die, and\nfrom it you shall be brought out (resurrected).” <\/em>(7:22-25).\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAgain\nthere are old stories about these events. Al Hafez Ibn Asaker\nnarrated that Allah commanded two angels to remove Adam from His holy\nproximity. So Gabriel stripped him of the crown on his head, and\nMichael took the diadem from his forehead. Adam thought that his\npunishment had been hastened and bowed down crying; “Forgiveness!\nForgiveness!” so Allah asked: “Are you running away from\nMe?” Adam replied, “No, my Lord, but I am shy of You.”\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAbdul\nRahman Ibn Amru AL Awza iy said that Adam spent 100 years in\nParadise. In another narration it was said he spent 60 years. Ibn\nAsaker reported that Adam wept for 60 years for his loss of Paradise\nand 70 years for his mistake, and he wept for another 70 years when\nhis son was killed. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThey\nleft Paradise and descended upon the earth. Adam was sad and Eve was\ncrying. Allah accepted their repentance because it was sincere and He\ntold them that the earth would be their realm and origin where they\nwould live and die and whence they would come on the Day of Judgment.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\nthe Almighty recounted this third lesson Adam learned in Paradise:\nIndeed We made a covenant with Adam before, but he forgot, and We\nfound on his part no firm will power. Remember when We said to the\nangels “Prostrate yourselves to Adam.” They prostrated\n(all) except Iblis, who refused. then We said: “O Adam! verily,\nthis is an enemy to you and to your wife. so let him not get you both\nout of Paradise, so that you be distressed in misery. Verily, you\nhave (a promise from Us) that you will never be hungry therein nor\nnaked. And you will suffer not from thrist therein nor from the sun’s\nheat.” <\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nthen\nSatan whispered to him, saying “O Adam! Shall I lead you to the\nTree of Eternity and to a kingdom that will never waste away?”\nThen they both ate of that tree, and so their private parts appeared\nto them, and they began to stick on themselves the leaves from\nParadise for their covering. Thus did Adam disobey his Lord, so he\nwent astray. Then his Lord chose him, and turned to him with\nforgiveness and gave him guidance. <\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\nsaid: “Get you down (upon the earth), both of you, together from\nParadise, some of you are an enemy to some others. THen if there\ncomes to you guidance from Me, then whoever follows My Guidance shall\nneither go astray, nor fall into distress and misery. But whosoever\nturns away from My Reminder (neither believes in this Quran nor acts\non its orders etc). Verily, for him is a life of hardship and We\nshall raise him up blind on the Day of Resurrection.” <\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nHe\nwill say: “O my Lord! Why have you raised me up blind, while I\nhad sight before.” Allah will said: “like this, Our Ayat\n(proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc). came\nunto you, but you disregarded them (you left them, did not think\ndeeply in them, and you turned away from them), and so this Day, you\nwill be neglected in the Hellfire, away from Allah’s Mercy.)” <\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAnd\nthus do We requite him who transgresses beyond bounds (commits the\ngreat sins and disobeys his Lord (allah) and believes not in His\nMessengers, and His revealed Books, like this Quran etc), and\nbelieves not in the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs,\nrevelations, etc). of his Lord, and the torment of the Hereafter is\nfar more severe and more lasting. <\/em>(Ch\n20:115-127) \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nSome\npeople believe that the reason why mankind does not dwell in Paradise\nis that Adam was disobedient and that if it had not been for this\nsin, we could have been there all along. These are naive fictions\nbecause when Allah wanted to create Adam, He said to the angels, “I\nshall make a vicegerent on the earth.” He did not say, “I\nshall make a vicegerent in Paradise.” \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAdam’s\ndescent on earth, then, was not due to degradation but rather it was\ndignified descent. Allah knew that Adam and Eve would eat of the tree\nand descend to earth. He knew that Satan would rape their innocence.\nThat experience was essential for their life on earth; it was a\ncornerstone of their vicegerency. It was meant to teach Adam, Eve,\nand their progeny that it was Satan who had caused them to be\nexpelled from Paradise and that the road to Paradise can only be\nreached by obedience to Allah and enmity to Satan. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nCould\nit be said that Adam and the rest of mankind were predestined to sin\nand to be expelled from Paradise and sent to the earth? In fact, this\nfiction is as naive as the first one. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAdam\ncomplete free will, and he bore the consequences of his deed. He\ndisobeyed by eating of the forbidden tree, so Allah dismissed him\nfrom Paradise. His disobedience does not negate his freedom. On the\ncontrary it is a consequence of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\ntruth of the matter is that Allah knew what was going to happen, as\nHe always know the outcome of events before they take place. However\nAllah does not force things to happen. He grants free will to His\nhuman creatures. On that He bases His supreme wisdom in populating\nthe earth, establishing the vicegerents, and so on. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAdam\nunderstood his 3rd lesson. He knew now in a practical way that Iblis\nwas his enemy, the cause of his losing the blessing of living in\nParadise, and the cause of his distress. Adam also understood that\nAllah punishes disobedience and that the way of Paradise has to be\nthrough submission to the will of Allah. And he learned from Allah\nAlmighty to ask for forgiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\naccepted Adam’s repentance and forgave him. He then sent him to the\nearth as His first messenger. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAbu\nHurairah narrated that the Messenger (PBUH) said: “Adam and\nMoses argued with each other. Moses said to Adam: ‘Your sin expelled\nyou from Paradise.’ Adam said: ‘ You are Moses whom Allah selected as\nHis messenger and as the one to whom He spoke directly. Yet you blame\nme for a thing which had already been written in my fate before my\nCreation?” Allah’s Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said twice, “So\nAdam outclassed Moses.” (Sahih Bukhari). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nUmar\nIbn Al Khattab also narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said:\n“Moses (PBUH) said: ‘My Lord! May I see Adam who removed us and\nhimself from the Paradise?” so Allah made him see Adam and he\nsaid to him: “Are you Adam?” Adam said: “yes.”\nAnd he said “Were you the one in Whom Allah breathed His spirit\nand before whom He bowed His angels and to whom He taught the names\nof all things?” Adam answered: “yes.” so Moses said:\n“What made you remove us and yourself from Paradise.?” \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAdam\nsaid: “Who are you?” Moses said: I am Moses.” Adam\nsaid: “So you are Moses the prophet of the Children of Israel.\nWere you the one Allah spoke to directly?” Moses answered “yes.”\nAdam said: “Why do you blame me for a matter which Allah had\npredestined?” So Allah\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said twice.\n“Adam outclassed Moses.” (Sahih al Bukhari). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nthere\nare many traditions concerning the place of Adam’s descent upon\nearth. Ibn Abi Hatim narrated that Ibn Abbas said: “Adam\ndescended on land ‘Dihna’ between Mecca and taif.” AL Hassan\nsaid that Adam descended in India and Eve in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia),\nIblis Bodistiman (Iraq), and the serpent in Ashahan (Iran). This last\nwas also reported by Ibn Hatim. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAss’ady\nrelated that Adam descended with the Black Stone (a large black stone\nset into the wall of the ka’ba in Mecca. It is said to have come from\nParadise) in India, and he had a handful of the seeds of Paradise. He\nsowed them in India and they grew into the fragrant tree therein. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIbn\nUmar said that Adam descended on As-Safa and Eve on Al Marwa ( names\nof two mountains in the vicinity of the sacred house in Mecca. Part\nof the rites of pilgrimage (hajj) includes pacing between these two\nhills in commemoration of H’s search for water). This was also\nreported by Ibn Hatim. Abdul Razzaq reported that Abi Musa Al-shari\nsaid that when Allah ordered Adam to descend from Paradise to earth,\nHe taught him the making of everything and provided him with the\ncrops from Paradise. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAbu\nHurairah narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: “The\nbest of days on which the sun has risen is Friday. One this day Adam\nwas created, and on this day he was descended to earth.” (al\nBukhari)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAdam\nknew he bade farewell to peace and he left Paradise. On earth he had\nto face conflict and struggle. No sooner had one ended than another\nbegan. He also had to toil to sustain himself. He had to protect\nhimself with clothes and weapons and protect his wife and children\nfrom the wild beasts. Above all he had to struggle with the spirit of\nevil. Satan, the cause of his expulsion from Paradise, continued to\nbeguile him and his children in an effort to have them thrown into\nthe eternal hellfire. The battle between good and evil is continuous,\nbut those who follow Allah’s guidance and should fear nothing while\nthose who disobey Allah and follow Iblis will be damned along with\nhim. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAdam\ngrasped all of this and with the knowledge of this suffering he\nstarted his life on the earth. The only thing that allowed his grief\nwas that he was master of the earth and had to make it yield to him.\nHe was the one who had to perpetuate, cultivate and construct and\npopulate the earth. He was also the one who had to procreate and\nraise children who would change and improve the world. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\npinnacle of earthly bliss was reached when Adam and Eve witnessed the\nbirth of their 1st children, a set of twins. Adam was a devoted\nfather and Eve a contented mother. The twins were Cain (Qabil) and\nhis sister. Later Eve gave birth to a second set of twins, Abel\n(Habil) and his sister. The family enjoyed the bounties and fruits of\nthe earth provided by their Lord. The children grew up to be strong\nand healthy young adults. Cain tilled the land while Abel raised\ncattle. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\ntime arrived when the two young men desired life partners. This was\npart of Allah\u2019s plan for mankind, to multiply and form nations with\ndifferent cultures and colors. Allah revealed to Adam that he should\nmarry each son to the twin sister of the other. Adam instructed his\nchildren according to Allah’s command, but Cain was displeased with\nthe partner chosen for him, for Abel’s twin sister was not as\nbeautiful as his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIt\nappears that since the beginning of time, physical beauty has been a\nfactor in the attraction between man and women. This attraction\ncaused Cain to envy his brother Abel. He rebelled against Allah’s\ncommand by refusing to accept his father’s advice. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAt\nfirst glance Cain’s rebellion might appear strange, but we should\nremember that although man has a pure nature, the potential for\ndichotomy exists. In other words, he had both good and bad qualities.\nHe can become greedy, covetous,possessive, selfish and even\ndestructive. Man is, therefore capable of seeking self-satisfaction\neven if it leads to failure in this life and in the hereafter. The\npath to goodness lies in harnessing the enemy within him, his baser\nself by controlling evil thoughts and deeds and practicing moderation\nin his desires and actions. His reward then will be the delights of\nthis world and the hereafter. Thus Allah tests us through our divided\nnature. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAdam\nwas in a dilemma. He wanted peace and harmony in his family, so he\ninvoked Allah for help. Allah commanded that each son offer a\nsacrifice, and he whose offering was accepted would have right on his\nside. Abel offered his best camel while Cain offered his worst grain.\nHis sacrifice was not accepted by Allah because of his disobedience\nto his father and the insincerity in his offering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThis\nenraged Cain even further. Realizing that his hopes marrying his own\nbeautiful sister were fading, he threatened his brother. “I will\nkill you! I refuse to see you happy while I remain unhappy!” \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAbel\nfeeling sorry for his brother, replied, “It would be more proper\nfor you, my brother to search for the cause of your unhappiness and\nthen walk in the way of peace. Allah accepts the deeds only from\nthose who serve and fear Him, not from those who reject His\nCommands.” \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAbel\nwas intelligent, obedient, and always ready to obey the will of\nAllah. This contrasted sharply with his brother who was arrogant,\nselfish and disobedient to his Lord. Abel did not fear his brother’s\nthreats, but neither did he want his brother to be hurt, Allah had\nblessed Abel with purity and compassion. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nHoping\nto allay the hatred seething in his brother Abel said, ” My\nbrother, you are deviating from the right path and are sinful in your\ndecisions. It is better that you repent to Allah and forget about\nyour foolish threat. But if you do not then I will leave the matter\nin the hands of Allah. You alone will bear the consequence of your\nsin, for the Fire is the reward of the wrong-doers.” \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThis\nbrotherly plea did nothing to lessen the hatred in Cain’s heart, nor\ndid he show fear of Allah’s punishment. Even familial considerations\nwere cast aside. Cain struck his brother with a stone killing him\ninstantly. This was the 1st death and the 1st criminal act committed\nby man on earth. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nWhen\nAbel had not appeared for some time, Adam began to search for him but\nfound no trace of his beloved son. He asked Cain about Abel’s\nwhereabouts. Cain insolently replied that he was not his brother’s\nkeeper nor his protector. From these words his father understood that\nAbel was dead and Adam was filled with grief. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nMeanwhile\nCain did not know what to do with his brother’s corpse. He carried it\non his back wandering from place to place trying to hide it. His\nanger had now subsided and his conscience was saddled with guilt. He\nwas tiring under the burden of the corpse which had started to have a\nstench. As a mercy, and to show that dignity could be retained even\nin death, Allah sent two ravens that began fighting, causing the\ndeath of one. The victorious bird used its beak and claws to dig a\nhole in the ground, rolled its victim into it and covered it with\nsand. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nWitnessing\nthis, Cain was overcome with shame and remorse. “Woe unto me!”\nhe exclaimed. “I was unable to do what this raven has done, that\nis to hide my brother’s corpse.” Cain then buried his brother.\nThis was also the 1st burial of man. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\nthe Almighty revealed:\nAnd (O Muhammad) recite to them (the Jews) the story of the two sons\nof Adam (Abel and Cain) in truth; when each offered a sacrifice to\nAllah, it was accepted from the one but not from the other. The\nlatter said to the former; “I will surely kill you.” <\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nthe\nformer said: “Verily Allah accepts only from those who are Al\nMuttaqeen (the pious). If you do stretch your hand against me to kill\nme I shall never stretch my hand against you to kill you, for I fear\nAllah; the Lord of the Alameen (mankind, jinn, and all that exists).\nVerily I intend to let you draw my sin onyourself as well as yours\nthen you will be one of the dwellers of the Fire, and that is the\nrecompense of the Zalimeen (polytheists, and wrongdoers).” <\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nSo\nthe self of the other (latter one) encouraged him and made fair\nseeming to him the murder of his brother; he murdered him and became\none of the losers. Allah sent a crow who scratched the ground to show\nhim to hide the dead body of his brother. He (the murderer) said:\n“Woe to me! Am I not even able to be as this crow and to hide\nthe dead body of my brother?” Then he became one of those who\nregretted.<\/em>\n(Ch 5:27-31). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIbn\nAbbas, Ibn Masud and a group of the companions of the Prophet\nMuhammad (PBUH) related that inter-marriage of the male of one\npregnancy with the female of another had been in practice among\nAdam’s children. Abel wanted to marry Cain’s sister, but Cain wanted\nher for himself because she was very beautiful. Adam ordered him to\ngive her in marriage to his brother but he refused. SO Adam ordered\nboth of them to offer a sacrifice, then went to Mecca to perform the\npilgrimage. After Adam had left, they offered their sacrifices; Abel\noffered a fat lamb, he was a shepherd, while Cain offered a bundle of\nworst grain. fire descended and devoured Abel’s sacrifice, leaving\nthat of Cain so he became angry and said: “I will surely kill\nyou so that you will not marry my sister.” Abel replied, “Allah\naccepts from those who fear Him.” \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAccording\nto Abu Ja’afar al Baqer, Adam was watching their offering and was\nsure that Abel’s sacrifice would be accepted. Cain complained to Adam\nthat the acceptance was due to his supplication for Abel and that he\nhad not done the same for him, so he promised his father to settle\nthe matter between himself and his brother. One night, Abel was late\nreturning from tending his flock. Adam sent Cain to see what happened\nto him. When he found him, he glared at him saying: “yours was\naccepted, and mine was not.” Abel replied, “Allah only\naccepts from the Allah-fearing.” Cain became angry on hearing\nthis and hit him with a piece of iron that was with him and thus\nkilling him. In another version it was said that he killed him with a\nrock to the head while he was sleeping. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAdam\nwas utterly grief stricken by the loss of his two sons. One was dead,\nthe other was won over by the devil. Adam prayed for his son and\nturned to mundane matters for he had to toil for his sustenance. At\nthe same time he was a prophet advising his children and\ngrandchildren, telling them about Allah and calling them to believe\nin Him. He told them about Iblis and warned them by recounting his\nown experience with the devil and of how the devil had tempted Cain\nto kill his brother. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nYears\nand years passed, Adam grew old and his children spread all over the\nearth. Muhammad Ibn Ishaq related that when Adam’s death drew near,\nhe appointed his son Seth to be his successor and taught him the\nhours of the day and night along with their appropriate acts of\nworship. He also foretold to him the floor that would come. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAbu\nDhar narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: “Allah sent\ndown 104 psalms, of which 50 were sent down to Seth.” \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAbdullah\nIbn Al Iman Ahmad Ibn Hanbal narrated that Ubai Ibn Kab said: “When\nAdam’s death was near, he said to his children: “O my children,\nindeed I feel an appetite for the fruits of Paradise.” \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nSo\nthey went away searching for what Adam had requested. They met with\nthe angels, who had with them his shroud and what he was to be\nembalmed with. They said to them: “O Children of Adam, what are\nyou searching for? What do you want? Where are you going?” \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThey\nsaid: “Our father is sick and has an appetite for the fruits of\nParadise.” \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nthe\nangels said to them: “Go back, for your father is going to meet\nhis end soon.” \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nSo\nthey returned (with the angels) and when Eve saw them she recognized\nthem. She tried to hide herself behind Adam. He said to her. “Leave\nme alone. I came before you; do not go between me and the angels of\nmy Lord.’ So they took his soul, embalmed and wrapped him, dug the\ngrave and laid him in it. They prayed on him and put him in his\ngrave, saying: ‘O Children of Adam, this is your tradition at the\ntime of death.”” \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nBefore\nhis death Adam reassured his children that Allah would not leave man\nalone on the earth, but would sent His prophets to guide them. the\nprophets would have different names, traits and miracles, but they\nwould be united in one thing; the call to worship Allah alone. This\nwas Adam’s bequest to his children. Adam finished speaking and closed\nhis eyes. Then the angels entered his room and surrounded him. When\nhe recognized the Angel of Death among them, his heart smiled\npeacefully. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAfter\nAdam’s death, his soth Seth (Shiith) took over the responsibilities\nof prophethood, according to a hadith narrated by Abu Dhar. Abu Dhar\nnarrated that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: “Allah sent down one\nhundred and four psalms, of which fifty were sent down to Seth.”\n(Sahih al Bukhari) When the time of his death came Seth’s son Anoush\nsucceeded him. He in turn, was succeeded by his son Qinan, claim that\nMahlabeel was the King of the Seven Regions, that he was the first\none to cut down trees to build cities and large forts and that he\nbuilt the cities of Babylonia. He reigned for a period of forty\nyears. When he died his duties were taken ov er by his son Yard, who\non his death, bequeathed them to his son Khonoukh, who is Idris\n(pbuh) according to the majority of the scholars. \n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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