The Islamic Bulletin Volume I No. 1 Page 8 As a result, Allah expelled Satan from the Garden of Bliss and deprived him of all Divine favors. Satan requested Allah to allow him to exist until the Day of Judgment. “I would bring most of the descendants of Adam under my sway. I would lead them astray from the Right Path.” Allah gave him respite. The conversation between God and Iblis has been narrated in the Holy Qur’an as follows: “Iblis said: Give me respite till the Resurrection Day. Allah said: Be you among those who are given respite. He said: I will certainly lie in wait for them on Your Straight Path. Then I will assault them from before them and behind them, from their right and from their left, not will You find most of them grateful.” (Quran 7:14-18) Devil is, in fact, an evil spirit which tempts the man to indulge in sins. It invites the heart to do bad deeds and disobey Allah. It tries to weaken our sense of morality but if we are spiritually too strong to yield to its temptations, we become immune from all sins. Those who follow the Commandments of Allah, invite God’s grace to protect them. On the other hand, those who deliberately follow the wrong way, are responsible because they put themselves into the hands of Evil Spirit. Hawwa (Eve) Created: In order to remove the lonesomeness of Adam, a female mate named Hawwa (Eve) was created. The Prophet Adam (A.S.) and his wife Hawwa were given a place in the Garden (of Bliss) to reside. The Holy Qur’an affirms: “And O Adam! Dwell you and your wife in the Garden (of Bliss) and eat therefrom wherever you will; approach not this tree, lest you should be among the wrong-doers.” (Quran 7:20) Trial of Prophet Adam: The Prophet Adam (A.S.) and his wife Eve continued enjoying each others company and carefully avoiding that specific prohibited tree. Iblis became very jealous when he saw the favors of Allah on the Prophet Adam (A.S.) and began to devise ways and means to humiliate them. He kept on making evil suggestions to the couple in a sneaky way. He tried to persuade them to approach the prohibited tree. One day, Iblis sympathetically said to them: “Your Lord has only forbidden you this tree lest you should become angels or immortals, and he swore to them saying: Surely, I am a sincere counselor unto you. So he beguiled them by deceit.” (Quran 7:22) On healing this both, Prophet Adam (A.S.) and Eve, became curious. They started wondering as to why Allah did not want them to approach the specific tree. This temptation gradually became stronger, but Allah guided them aright and warned them not to be taken in by the evil suggestions of Iblis. The Holy Qur’an says: “Then We said: O Adam! Verily, this Iblis is an enemy to you and your wife, so let him not get you both out of the Garden so that you are landed in misery.” (Quran 20:117) The Prophet Adam (A.S.) and his wife used to live happily in the Garden of Bliss. They were endowed with the knowledge to discriminate between good and evil. They were also warned of the power of evil. They overpowered all sorts of evil temptations at first and tried hard to ward off the influence of Satan. But he made numerous attempts to misguide them off and on. Finally, Satan succeeded in his mission and made them approach that specific tree. Instantly, evil consequences appeared. The Holy Qur’an says: “When they both tasted of the tree, their private parts became manifest to each other and they both began to cover themselves with the leaves of the trees (in the garden), and their Lord called them saying: Did I not forbid you both from that tree and tell you that Satan was your avowed enemy. They said: Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If You forgive us not and bestow not upon us Your mercy, we shall surely be of the losers.” (Quran 7:23-24) The Prophet Adam (A.S.) and Hawwa Feel Penitence: The Prophet Adam (A.S.) and Eve followed the temptations of Iblis and were deprived of the heavenly bliss. They were,
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