WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.799 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.620 --> 00:00:05.559 The story of our mother Hawwa (Eve). 00:00:07.919 --> 00:00:09.419 Introduction. 00:00:10.039 --> 00:00:12.839 All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. 00:00:12.980 --> 00:00:15.939 And may peace and blessings be upon the most noble of prophets. 00:00:15.939 --> 00:00:19.260 And messengers, our Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. 00:00:19.339 --> 00:00:22.440 And upon all his family and his Companions. 00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:23.440 To proceed: 00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:28.000 This is a series discussing our mother Hawwa. 00:00:28.280 --> 00:00:31.300 Through the verses of the Noble Qur'an. 00:00:31.649 --> 00:00:34.390 The story of our mother Hawwa has been mentioned. 00:00:34.390 --> 00:00:37.530 Along with our father Adam, peace be upon him, in three surahs. 00:00:37.670 --> 00:00:40.390 In Surah al-Baqarah and Surah al-A'raf. 00:00:40.390 --> 00:00:42.030 And Surah Taha. 00:00:42.579 --> 00:00:45.399 The story is an educational tool. 00:00:45.399 --> 00:00:48.659 It has a profound impact on the human soul. 00:00:48.659 --> 00:00:51.859 It appears in the Qur'an in many places. 00:00:51.979 --> 00:00:55.500 To serve as a lesson, guidance, and mercy for us. 00:00:55.820 --> 00:00:57.719 As Allah the Almighty said: 00:00:57.880 --> 00:01:04.420 “In their history verily there is a lesson for men of understanding. It is no invented story but a confirmation of the existing (Scripture) and a detailed explanation of everything, and a guidance and a mercy for folk who believe.” (12:111) 00:01:04.420 --> 00:01:07.819 “In their history verily there is a lesson for men of understanding. It is no invented story but a confirmation of the existing (Scripture) and a detailed explanation of everything, and a guidance and a mercy for folk who believe.” (12:111) 00:01:07.819 --> 00:01:13.760 "But [it is] a confirmation of what was before it, 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:19.120 and a detailed explanation of all things, 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:24.739 and guidance and mercy." 00:01:24.739 --> 00:01:26.739 Sayyid Qutb, may Allah have mercy on him, 00:01:26.739 --> 00:01:32.280 addresses the stories in the Qur'an in various places and contexts. 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:36.280 These contexts for which the stories are presented 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:39.280 are what determine the flow of the narrative, 00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:42.280 the specific episode presented, 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:45.280 the form in which it appears, 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:48.280 and the manner in which it is delivered, 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:52.280 in harmony with the spiritual, intellectual, and artistic atmosphere 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:55.280 in which it is presented. 00:01:55.280 --> 00:01:58.280 Thus, it fulfills its objective role, 00:01:58.280 --> 00:02:01.280 achieves its psychological purpose, 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:04.280 and creates its intended resonance. 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:07.310 Some people mistakenly believe there is repetition 00:02:07.310 --> 00:02:09.310 in the Qur'anic stories, 00:02:09.310 --> 00:02:11.310 because a single story 00:02:11.310 --> 00:02:14.310 may be presented repeatedly in different surahs. 00:02:14.310 --> 00:02:17.310 However, a discerning look 00:02:17.310 --> 00:02:20.310 confirms that no story or event 00:02:20.310 --> 00:02:23.310 has been repeated in the exact same form, 00:02:23.310 --> 00:02:26.310 in terms of the amount of detail provided, 00:02:26.310 --> 00:02:29.310 the method of delivery, or the context. 00:02:29.310 --> 00:02:32.310 Rather, wherever an episode is repeated, 00:02:32.310 --> 00:02:35.310 there is something new presented 00:02:35.310 --> 00:02:38.310 that negates the reality of mere repetition. 00:02:38.310 --> 00:02:41.400 We shall continue in a future meeting, if Allah wills. 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:44.400 And all praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:48.300 The story of our mother Hawwa. 00:02:48.300 --> 00:02:51.300 The story of our mother Hawwa.