A Collection of Islamic Writings
Ê . ȏȂ Å LJÉ °È ¦ǂÅ njÈ Èƥ ÉǾċǴdz¦ Ʈ È ǠÈ ºÈƥÈ¢ ¦ȂÉdzƢÈǫ ÀÌ È¢ ȏċʤ ÃƾÈ ȀÌÉ dz¦ ǶÉ ǿÉ Ƣ È ƳÈ ¯Ì ʤ ¦ȂÉǼǷƚÌ ºÉȇ ÀÌ È¢ ²Ƣċ È Ǽdz¦ ǞÈ ÈǼǷÈ ƢǷÈÂÈ Ê Ê °ÈÌ ȋ¦Ì ȆÊǧ ÀÈ ƢǯÈ ȂÈÌ dz DzÌ Éǫ .ȏȂ Å LJÉ °È ƢǰÅ ÈǴǷÈ ƢÊ ǸÈ Lj ċ dz¦ ǺÈ ǷÊ ǶÌ ȀÊ ȈÌÈǴǟÈ ƢÈǼÌdzDŽċ ºÈǼÈdz ǺȈď É ǸÌ Èȇ ÆƨǰÈ ÊƟȐÈ ǷÈ µ È ǼƠǸÌÈ ǘǷÉ ÀÈ Ȃnj (ÖÒ-ÖÑ: ÎÔ ¦ǂLJȍ¦) "Yet whenever [God's] guidance came to them [through a prophet], nothing has ever kept people from believing (in him) save this their objection: 'Would God have sent a [mere] mortal man as His apostle?' Say: 'If angels were walking about on earth as their natural abode, We would indeed have sent down unto them an angel out of heaven as Our apostle’” (Qur’Ɨn 17: 94-95, Asad). The verses dealing with Adam go further, as follows: Ê Ê ċÊ Ê Ê Ê džȈ Ì ƨǰÈ ÊƟȐÈ ǸÌÈ Ǵdz ƢÈǼÌǴºÉǫ ¯Ì ʤÂÈ È ǴÌƥ¤ ȏ¤ ¦ÂƾÉ ƴÈ LjÈ Èǧ ¿È ®ÈÈ ȉ ¦ÂƾÉ ƴÉ LJ¦ Ê Ê ƪ È ÌǻÈ¢ ǺÌ ǰÉ LJ¦ È ¡ ƢÈȇ ƢÈǼÌǴºÉǫÂÈ . Ǻȇ Ì ¿É ®È Ì ÂÈ ȄÈƥÈ¢ È ǂÊ ǧƢǰÈ Ìdz¦ ǺÈ Ƿ ÀÈ ƢǯÈÂÈ ǂÈ ºÈƦǰÌ ÈƬLJ¦ ċ dz¦ ǽÊ ǀÊ ǿÈ ƢÈƥǂÈ ǬÌ ºÈƫ ȏÈÂÈ ƢǸÈ ÉƬƠÌ NjÊ Ʈ ¨ÈǂÈ ƴÈ nj É ȈÌ ƷÈ ¦ƾÅ Èǣ°È ƢȀÈ ºǼÌ ǷÊ ȐÈ ǯÉÂÈ ÈƨċǼƴÌ È ƳÉ Â̱ÈÂÈ È dz¦ Ǯ Ê ÊÊ ċ dz¦ ƢǸÈ ȀÉ ċdz±ÈÈ ƘÈǧ . ǺȈ ƢǸċ ǷÊ ƢǸÈ ȀÉ ƳÈ ǂÈ ƻÌ ÈƘÈǧ ƢȀÈ ºǼÌ ǟÈ ÀÉ ƢÈǘȈÌ nj È ǸdzƢċǜdz¦ ǺÈ Ƿ ƢÈǻȂǰÉ ÈƬºÈǧ Ç ǠÌ ºÈƦÊdz ǶÌ ǰÉ ǔ ǶÌ ǰÉ ÈdzÂÈ ÂĎ ƾÉ ǟÈ ǒ É ǠÌ ºÈƥ ¦ȂÉǘÊƦǿ¦Ì ƢÈǼÌǴºÉǫÂÈ ǾȈÊ Êǧ ƢÈǻƢǯÈ Ê °ÈÌ ȋ¦Ì ȆÊǧ . ǺÇ ȈƷÊ ȄÈdzʤ ƸƢÈƬǷÈÂÈ ǂĎ ǬÈ ºÈƬLjÌ ǷÉ µ (ÐÓ-ÐÑ: Ï ¨ǂǬƦdz¦)
"And when We told the angels: 'Prostrate yourselves before Adam!' - they all prostrated themselves, save IblƯs, who refused and glorified his arrogance: and thus he became one of those who denied the truth. And We said: 'O Adam, dwell, thou and thy wife in this garden, and eat freely thereof, both of you, whatever you may wish, but do not approach this one tree, lest you become wrongdoers.' But Satan caused them both to stumble therei, and thus brought about the loss of their erstwhile state. And so We said: 'Down with 85