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Story of Adam 2: Eve Creation and Satan Role (2/5)

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Adam opened his eyes and looked into the beautiful face of a woman gazing down at him. Adam was surprised and asked the woman why she had been created. She revealed that she was to ease his loneliness and bring tranquillity to him. The Angels questioned Adam. They knew that Adam possessed knowledge of things they did not know about and the knowledge mankind would need to occupy the earth. They said 'who is this?' and Adam replied 'this is Eve'. Eve is  Hawwa  in Arabic; it comes from the root word  hay , meaning  living . Eve is also an English variant of the old Hebrew word  Havva , also deriving from  hay . Adam informed the Angels that Eve was so named because she was made from a part of him and he, Adam, was a living being. Both Jewish and Christian traditions also maintain that Eve was created from Adam's rib, although in a literal translation of the Jewish tradition,  rib  is sometimes referred to as  side . {And God s...

Miracles of Prophet Muhammad

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• The noble Quran The polytheists of the Quraysh gathered to consult each other on a strategy to prevent Prophet Muhammad   from inviting people to Islam, especially as the Hajj (pilgrimage) season was nearing, and the Prophet  would surely call people to embrace Islam during it. They agreed on warning people against listening to the Prophet  . Among the pilgrims was At-Tufayl ibn ‘Amr Ad-Dawsi, the chief of the tribe of Daws. The polytheists warned him about listening to the Prophet   and claimed that he was a sorcerer and a poet, so At-Tufayl put pieces of cotton in his ears so that he would not be able to listen to the Prophet  . Once, At-Tufayl went to the Ka‘bah and found the Prophet   praying and reciting the Quran and Allaah The Almighty willed that At-Tufayl listened to him. When he listened, he knew that what he had listened to was neither poetry nor magic, as At-Tufayl was a poet himself. Thus, when the Prophet...

The Story of Adam (part 1)

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The Story of Adam (part 1 of 5): The First Man Islam provides us with the astonishing details of the creation of Adam [1] . Both Christian and Jewish traditions are remarkably similar yet importantly different to the Quran. The Book of Genesis describes Adam as being made from "the dust of the earth, " and in the Talmud, Adam is described as being kneaded from mud. And God said to the angels: {'Verily, I am going to place mankind generations after generations on earth.' They said: 'Will You place therein those who will make mischief therein and shed blood, while we glorify You with praises and thanks and sanctify You.' God said: 'I know that which you do not know.'}  [Quran 2:30] {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}  [البقرة:٣٠] Transliterati...