The
Creation Story
Note
that occasion, when your Lord said to the angels: I am going to place a
vicegerent on earth. The angels said: “Will You place there one who will
make mischief and shed blood while we sing Your praises and glorify Your name?”
Allah said: “I
know what you know not.”
Lessons:
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Mankind is the custodian of the Earth.
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We were always going to be sent to Earth.
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We were created to live here.
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Angels knew that having free-will leads to war, violence and murder.
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Allah knows best.
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Angels have limited knowledge.
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Angels continuously praise Allah.
He
taught Adam the names of all things; then He presented the things to the angels
and said: “Tell Me the names of these, if what you say is true?” “Glory to You,” they replied, “we have no
knowledge except what You have taught us: in fact You are the One who is perfect
in knowledge and wisdom.”
Lessons:
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Allah taught Adam language.
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Allah tests the angels.
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Only Allah has perfect knowledge.
Allah
said: “O Adam! Tell them the names.” When Adam told them the names, Allah said:
“Did I not tell you that I know the secrets of the heavens and the earth and I
know what you reveal and what you conceal?”
When
We ordered the angels: “Prostrate before Adam in respect,” they all prostrated
except Iblees who refused in his arrogance and became a disbeliever.
Lessons:
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Allah knows the secrets of the creation.
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Prostration to Adam was not worship of him as Allah had commanded it.
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Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said, “He who has in his heart the
weight of a mustard seed of pride shall not enter Paradise.”[1]
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Pride and arrogance are the antithesis of Islam, since Islam means surrender
and submission to Allah’s will.
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Angels never disobey Allah.
Jinn
have free-will too.
To
Adam We said: “Dwell with your wife in Paradise and eat anything you want from
its bountiful food from wherever you wish, but do not approach this tree, or
you shall both become transgressors.” But Satan tempted them with the tree to
disobey Allah's commandment and caused them to be expelled from Paradise, and
We said: "Get out from here, some of you being enemies to others, and
there is for you in the earth an abode and provisions for a specified time. Then Adam received appropriate words from his
Lord and repented, and Allah accepted his repentance. Surely Allah is the Most
Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
Lessons:
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Our original home was in paradise.
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Satan is our greatest enemy.
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Repentance is our salvation.
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Allah forgave Adam and Hawwa when they repented to Him. We should follow their
example in this.
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Only ask Allah for the forgiveness of our sins.
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "But
for the Israelis, meat would not decay and but for Eve, wives would never betray
their husbands."[2]
On the commentary of this Hadith the reputable scholar Allamah Ibni Hajar
Al-'Asqalani states that: "Hawwa (A.S.) was mesmerized by the false
promises and embellishments of Shaitaan, as a result she encouraged Adam (A.S.)
to partake from the forbidden tree." The Khiyaanah (betrayal) which Nabi
(S.A.W.) speaks of in the Hadith is not referring to acts such as adultery,
etc. Instead it is regarding a Khiyaanah of a much lesser degree e.g. the wife,
due to her weak understanding, encourages the husband to do something of which
the consequences are detrimental. [3]
"Get
out from here all of you," We said at the time of Adam's departure from
Paradise. "There will come to you guidance from Me, those who accept and
follow it shall have nothing to fear or to regret. But those who reject and
defy Our revelations will be inmates of Hellfire wherein they shall live
forever."[4]
Lessons:
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Allah will send guidance in the form of messengers and books till the Day of
Judgment.
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Only those who follow the guidance will be saved.
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