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Khalid Saifullah
Immediately, the clothing of light fell off from their bodies, genitals appeared on their bodies, and they ran away in shock. Allah asked Sayyadina Adam (عليه السلام): “O Adam, Are you fleeing from me?” “O My Lord, No. I am running due to the embarrassment of my naked state,” he replied. (Fathul Bari of Ibn Hajar ‘ Asqalani, vol. 6, page 367)
The Christians say that when Adam and Eve (Hawa) alaihima salaam ate the fruit, their natural dress disappeared (they became naked), Then they were hiding in trees when God entered the Paradise. God asked from Adam, “where are you?” He replied, “we are hiding because we are naked”. God asked, “How did you know that you are naked, did you eat from that tree?”
Such statements about God gives an impression that God is a being like human kind and has no knowledge of the unseen. May Allah forgive me for writing these words!
The Holy Quraan gives us such impression about Almighty God that God is the All-Seeing, All-Hearing, and All-Knowing: and even God knows the secrets of the hearts!!! So nothing is hidden from Almighty God Allah in the heavens and the earth, and in between them. For e.g. Allah said in the verses of surah Taha7:
(20:7) Whether you speak out aloud (or in a low voice), He knows what is said secretly, and even that which is most hidden.3
Exp. note 3:
3. That is, you need not complain to Allah in a loud voice against the persecution from which you and your companions are suffering and the mischievous machinations your enemies are devising to defeat you for Allah is fully aware of all those things, and He hears even the complaints you cherish in your hearts.
In surah Al-Mulk verse 13 Allah Almighty said:
(67:13) Whether you speak in secrecy or aloud, (it is all the same to Allah). He even knows the secrets that lie hidden in the breasts of people.20
Exp. note 20:
20. The address is to all human beings, whether they are believers or unbelievers. For the believer, it contains the admonition that while living his life in the world he should always remember that not only his open and hidden deeds but even his secret intentions and innermost thoughts are not hidden from Allah. And for the unbeliever, the warning that he may do whatever he may please fearless of God, but nothing that he does can remain un-noticed and unseen by Him.
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Believing in such encompassing knowledge of Allah, we fear HIM even with the thoughts in our heart / mind i.e. we must abstain from thinking anything against the Will and Pleasure of Allah!!!
format_quote Originally Posted by
Khalid Saifullah
Naturally, accompanying Nabi Sayyadina (عليه السلام) was his wife Lady Hawwa (عليها السلام), who landed in Jeddah, Arabia. The snake which allowed the devil to enter paradise was also expelled, it landed in Isfahan, Persia. Iblees landed in a place near Basrah, Iraq; and the eminent Prophet himself found himself somewhere on the mountaintops of India. His first meal was a handful of bor that he plucked from a tree. (Hayat-e-Adam, page 6)
This quoted post says that Adam alaihi salaam landed on the mountaintops of India while Hawa alaiha salaam came down in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)!!!
Long before I read in some book or heard from a scholar that they (both together) came down at the Plains of Arafaat. We, all Muslims, know that Arafaat is a very very blessed place. Also Adam alaihi salaam was the first human being and the first Prophet of Allah. So he and his wife were also honorable near Allah. Moreover, Allah had created this human couple and sent them down to live on this earth for a certain purpose. The purpose was that they must live together in a family. Allah wanted them to produce children and spread human race in this world. Then how can we believe that Allah threw them on the earth separate and thousands of miles far away from each other??? Allah doesn’t like separation of husband and wife, then how it happened that Allah HIMSELF separated the very first pair of husband and wife on the earth???
Just think that the first human couple had to live all alone in this big world. This was not easy, particularly, when they had lived in Paradise and then had to live all alone on this vast empty land. I believe that Allah, The Most Just and Merciful Lord would keep them together from the very first moment on this earth and also would keep close to them the angel companions. Also Jibreel alaihi salaam would come to them from time to time guiding them how to spend life on this earth. So this is very reasonable and close to our wisdom and understanding that Allah, The Al-Wadood, would have landed them together on the blessed plains of Arafaat, and not separately one in Jeddah and the other on the Indian mountains to give them very hard and painful time, not possible, not at all. I think this is a very false accusation on Allah i.e. iftira ala Allah. Allah said in the Holy Quraan, surah al-Kahf 15:
(18:15) (Then they conferred among themselves and said): "These men, our own people, have taken others as gods beside Him: why do they not bring any clear evidence that they indeed are gods? Who can be more unjust than he who foists a lie on Allah?
We must keep away from such statements which are manifest lies and accusations on Allah, The One Who is High Above any defect.
In fact many of our religious books have isra-iliyaat. That means the false stories invented by the Jews and Christians. Very sad to say that many mufassireen (the commentators) have taken those false stories and have placed them in the Holy Qur’aan like the strange story of Harut wa Marut. Also the other writers transferred those false stories to the books like Qasasul-Anbiyaa.
We must be very careful in choosing a tafseer of the Holy Quraan or any other book for our knowledge about the religion Islam.
For writing such a great book which is about the Anbiyaa alaihim salaam, you need very deep and thorough knowledge of the Holy Quraan and Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (Allah's Peace and Blessings be upon him).