Victims of the first attack by Iblis (Shaytan - Satan) Khaleelpudur21:55 0 comments

 

Victims of the first attack by Iblis (Shaytan - Satan)
So when Iblis got the oppurtunity, he tricked them into eating from this tree. Because of this major error, they were too ordered to leave paradise and live on earth for a temporary period. Because Allah also told them that your open enemy  is shaytan, so watch out for him. The Quran says: "Did I not forbid you twain this tree, and did I not say  to you twain, " Surely Shaytan is for you twain an open enemy"?". So from this it is clear that Allah did warn them about their open enemy. The verse of Sura Al-Baqarah (verse 36), Allah says, "Some amongst you will be enemies of each other". This can mean that the enemy of Adam and Hawa  Shaytan. Some have said between the children of Adam  there shall be disunity and corruption. That means the same time Iblis was also ordered to  live on earth so he asked Allah for respite until the day of judgement and he also challenged Allah that he will misguide the children of Adam   from the devotion and sincere ones. Allah says in the Quran: "He Iblis said: "My Lord, respite me till the day they are raised, He (Allah) said: " Then surely you are of the respited, to the day of known Time.: He Iblis said: "My Lord, since you have misguided me, I will certainly make (vices) alluring to them on earth, and I will misguide them all. Except your servants among the devoted ones." A question may arise here as to how Shaytan got into paradise and tricked Adam and Hawa , baecause he was thrown out of paradise due to his disobediance. Some commentators have said he whispered from far away out of paradise and caused them to do this act. Some have said he (Iblis) assumed the shape of a snake or of something else and succeded in entering paradise. The verse of (Al-Araf, 36-37) clearly explaines how he (Iblis) tricked the twain. He (Iblis) said that if you twain eat the fruit from this tree you shall become Angels or you will become immortals. He (Iblis) swore an oath to both of them, I am a sincere adviser to both of you so from the verse we can understand that Iblis spoke to them face to face in paradise. Another question may arise that it is the belief of everyone that all Prophets are sinless and they are protected from major sins and minor sins, some scholars have said all the Prophets are protected from major sins and not minor sins. But our belief is if they do a minor sin by mistake and it's never purposefully, they ask for sincere repentance then Allah wipes that sin away. If you look at Iblis's situation he made a mistake and because of arrogance and pride he did not ask for repentance, so Allah misguided him.