24 I SPECIAL FEATURE Passion Islam I November 2009
Prophet Adam (Peace be upon him)
The First Man
Part 2
The devil meant to say that he was Arrogance is to be mentioned as a transgressors”. The shaytan caused
superior to Adam because he was disease of heart because it just leads them to slip from it, and brought them
created of fire, and fire seeks height a person from one sin to another, out of where they had been. And we
and loftiness. Adam was created which deprives one from recognising said “Go down you all, some of you
of clay so how could clay compare the truth, like it happend to Iblis. May enemies of some, and on the earth
with fire. Satan’s answer was a Allah save us all form this major sin. there will be for you a dwelling place
result of ignorant pride. Therefore, Ameen. A question may arise that and enjoyment for a time.” When Iblis
Allah made it clear to him that his Iblis had attained such a high degree got expelled from paradise and Adam’s
pride and arrogance was a result of in knowledge that he was called “The superiorty was acknowledged by the
his ignorance and made him blind Peacock among the Angels” Then Angels, this verse tells us that Adam
from recognising the right of his how did he come to commit such an and Hawa recieved a command from
creation and the respect due to him. error? Some scholars say that it was Allah to stay in paradise and enjoy its
So the devil did not recognise that because of his pride and arrogance. blessings. They were also instructed
this ignorance prevented him from Allah took back from him the wealth not to eat the fruit of a particular tree.
recognising the truth. Because of of knowledge and understanding. This same time Iblis had an account
his foolish act, he was thrown out of Others have suggested that his error to settle with him due to the fact that
paradise, cursed as Allah mentions in was due to self love and ambition. because of Adam , he Iblis, was
the Quran: “He (Allah) said go away thrown out of paradise.
from here (paradise), surely you are “Dwell in Paradise”
one accursed.” (Al-Hijr 15:34). From The next part of the story Allah Victims of the first attack by Iblis
this episode, we can learn a lesson mentiones in the Quran: “As we said (Shaytan - Satan)
that the first ever sin to be done “O Adam dwell, you and your wife in So when Iblis got the oppurtunity, he
was pride and arrogance from Iblis paradise, and eat of pleasure from tricked them into eating from this tree.
(Shaytan). Due to this, he was thrown wherever you like, but do not go Because of this major error, they were
out of paradise and was also accursed. near this tree or you shall join the too ordered to leave paradise and
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