11/10/2021
*بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم*
*قصص الأنبياء - الإمام ابن كثير*
*PROPHET: ADAM (عليه السلام)*
*PART: 1*
Let us in the beginning relate those Verses which Allah, the Most Exalted, has mentioned in the background of the beginning of human history, the history of Adam and Eve. The verses do not contain unnecessary details. However, they give us the glimpse of the early creation, and the *PURPOSE OF THE HUMAN LIFE!*
And (remember) when your Lord said to the angels:
*"Verily, I am going to create KHALIFA on the earth."* They said: "Will You place therein those who will make mischief therein and shed blood, - while we glorify You with praises and thanks (Exalted be You above all that they associate with You as partners) and sanctify You." He (Allah) said: "I know that which you do not know." And He taught Adam all the names (of everything), then He showed them to the angels and said, "Tell Me the names of these things if you are truthful (in your claims)." (2:30,31)
They (angels) said: "Glory be to You, we have no knowledge except what you have taught us. Verily, it is You, the All-Knower, the All-Wise."He said: "O Adam! Inform them of their names," and when he had informed them of their names, He said: "Did I not tell you that I know the Ghaib (unseen) in the heavens and the earth, and I know what you reveal and what you have been concealing?" (2:32,33)
And (remember) when We said to the angels: "Prostrate yourselves before Adam.". And they prostrated except Iblis (Satan), he refused and was proud and was one of the disbelievers (disobedient to Allah). And We said: "O Adam! Dwell you and your wife in the Paradise and eat both of you freely with pleasure and delight of things therein as wherever you will, but come not near this tree or you both will be of the Zalimun (wrong-doers)." (2:34,35)