There is among them a section who distort the Book with their tongues: (As they read) you would think it is a part of the Book, but it is no part of the Book; and they say, "That is from Allah," but it is not from Allah: It is they who tell a lie against Allah, and (well) they know it!
(Al-Qur'an, 3:78 Aal-E-Imran [The Family of Imran])
Fall of Adam According to the Bible & the Quran
According to the Bible
The Judeo Christian conception of the creation of Adam & Eve is narrated in detail in Genesis Chapters 2 & 3. Some of the main points from these 2 chapters are:
1. Adam is Put to the Garden of Eden
The Lord God took the man & put him in the Garden of Eden to work it & take
care of it. And the Lord God commanded the man,
You are free to eat from
any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of knowledge of
good & evil, fro when you eat of it you will surely die. (Genesis 2:15-17)
2. Creation of Eve
Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man &
he brought her to the man. (Genesis 2:22)
3. Serpent Seduces Eve
Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God
had made. He said to the woman, Did God really say, You must not eat from
any tree in the garden? The woman said to the serpent, We may eat fruit from
the trees in the garden, but God did say, You must
not eat fruit from the tree
that is in the middle of the garden & you must not touch it, or you will die. You
will not surely die, the serpent said to the woman. For God knows that when
you eat of it, your eyes will be opened & you will be like God, knowing good &
evil. (Genesis 3:1-5).
4. Eve Seduces Adam
.She (Eve) took some (fruit) & ate it. She also gave some to her husband,
who was with her & he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, &
they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together & made
coverings for themselves (Genesis 3:6-7)
5. Adam Blames Eve When Rebuked by God
The man said, The woman you put here with me she gave me some fruit
from the tree & I ate it. (Genesis 3:12)
6. God Almighty Punishes the Serpent
So the Lord
God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, cursed are
you above all the livestock & all the wild animals. You will crawl on your belly &
you will eat dust all the days of your life & I will put enmity between you & the
woman, & between your offspring & hers; he will crush your head & you will
strike his heel. (Genesis 3:14-15)
7. God Almighty Punishes the Woman
To the woman he said, I will greatly increase your pains in child bearing, with
pain you will give birth to children.
You desire will be for your husband, & he
will rule over you. (Genesis 3:16)
8. God Almighty Punishes the Man
To Adam he said , Because you listened to your wife & ate from the tree
about which I commanded you You must not eat of it. Cursed is the ground
because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. It
will produce thorns & thistles for you & you will eat the plants of the field. By
the
sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken; for dust you are & to dust you will return.
(Genesis 3:17-19)
According to the Quran
O Adam! Dwell thee & thy wife in the Garden, & enjoy (its good things) as ye wish : but approach not this tree, or ye run into harm & transgression.
Then began Satan to whisper suggestion to them, bringing openly before their minds all their shame that was hidden from them (before) : he said Your Lord only forbade you this tree, lest you should become angels or such beings as live forever. And he swore to them both, that he was their sincere advisor.
So by deceit he
brought about their fall : when they tasted of the tree. Their shame became manifest to them, & they began to sew together the leaves of the garden over their bodies.
And their Lord called unto them : Did I not forbid you that tree & tell you that Satan was an avowed enemy unto you? They said : Our Lord we have wronged our own souls : If thou forgive us not & bestow not upon us thy mercy, we shall certainly be lost.
(Allah) said : Get ye down with enmity between yourselves. On earth will be your dwelling place & your means of livelihood for a
time. He said : There in shall you live & therein shall you die : but from it shall you be taken out (at last)
(Chapter 7:19-25)
- The Quran places equal blame on both Adam & Eve. Nowhere in the Quran do we find that Eve tempted Adam or ate the fruit before him.
- Eve in the Quran is No temptress, No Seducer & No Deceiver & Eve isnt to be blamed for the pains of childbearing.
- Both Adam & Eve committed a sin & asked forgiveness from God & both were forgiven.
AB
"For to us will be their return; then it will be for us to call them to account." (Holy Quran 88:25-26)
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(Holy Quran-16:125)
{And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33)
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim]
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all."
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