Stories of the Prophets
Stories of the Prophets
Peace be upon them
The blessings of Allah
Followed by
Peace
Upon the best of all creation
Collectively
Those of determination
Their station is exalted
And the light of the ages
The story of Adam
Peace be upon him
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Merciful
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Merciful
Praise be to Allah
Lord of the worlds
And may the blessings and peace
Be upon our Prophet Muhammad
And upon all his family and companions
To proceed
Allah existed
And there was nothing
Before Him
He is the First, may His majesty be glorified
And His names be sanctified
And His attributes be exalted
He is Allah, the One, the Eternal Refuge
He created the creation
While He is independent of them
And all His creation is in need
Of Him
The first thing Allah created was the Throne
Upon the water
The Throne is that great
Creation
Indeed, it is the greatest of all creations
And the most expansive
And the highest and heaviest
It is above the heavens
Like a dome
It has four pillars
The angels describe it
Allah the Almighty described it
As noble, glorious
And magnificent
Then He, the Glorified
And Exalted, rose over it
Allah the Almighty said
The Most Merciful [who is] above the Throne
Established
Then Allah the Almighty created the Pen
It is a great creation
None knows its magnitude
Except Allah
It is made of light
Allah said to it
Write
It said
And what shall
I write, O Lord?
He said
Write what is to be
Until the Day of Resurrection
So it wrote by the command of Allah
Everything
In the Preserved Tablet
Which is described
As a white pearl
Its covers are of chrysolite
Then after
Fifty thousand years
Allah created the heavens
And the earth
The first thing Allah the Almighty created
Was the earth, then He created
The heaven from the smoke
That rose from the water which
Was beneath the Throne
Then He turned to the earth after that
And spread it out
And determined its sustenance therein
Thus, the
Creation of the earth was in four days
And He created the heaven in two days
And the
Heavens and the earth were
At the beginning of the matter, joined together
Then He parted them
By His power
And parted the heaven
Into seven heavens
In layers
Then Allah created the creatures
On the earth in seven days
As it came in Sahih
Muslim
From the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with
Him, who said
The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, took
My hand
And said
Allah the Almighty created
The soil on Saturday
And created the mountains therein
On Sunday
And created the trees on
Monday
And created the detestable things on Tuesday
And created the light
On Wednesday
And spread the beasts therein
On Thursday
And created Adam, peace be upon him
After the Asr prayer
On Friday
At the end of creation
In the last hour
Of the hours of Friday
Between the Asr prayer
And the night
These seven days
Are different from the six days
In which were created
The heavens and the earth
And Allah the Almighty created
In the heaven the angels
He created them from light
And Allah created the jinn
On the earth
He created them from a smokeless flame
Of fire
He charged them with commands and prohibitions
And legislated for them
The lawful and the unlawful
But the jinn transgressed
Against the command of their Lord
And spread corruption on the earth
And grew arrogant and tyrannical
And shed blood
So Allah the Almighty commanded
The angels to fight
The corrupt jinn
So the angels descended
To the earth and fought
The jinn until
They drove them to the islands
At the edges of the seas
And the earth became
Purified from their filth
Except for one
Of the jinn called
Iblis, who was among
The most righteous and devout of them
He attained such knowledge and righteousness
That qualified him
For Allah the Almighty to elevate him
To the rank of the angels
In the heaven
So Iblis was counted
Among the angels
Even if he was not one of them
Then Allah the Almighty
Said to the angels
Indeed, I will make
Upon the earth a successor
Meaning a creation that succeeds
One another
And the angels, recently
Had been fighting the jinn
On the earth due to their corruption
And their shedding of blood
So the angels said
Seeking information and clarification
Not in objection to
The command of Allah: Will You place
“And when thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to place a viceroy in the earth, they said: Wilt thou place therein one who will do harm therein and will shed blood, while we, we hymn Thy praise and sanctify Thee? He said: Surely I know that which ye know not.” (2:30)
And sheds blood?
O our Lord
If the purpose is to glorify You
And worship You, then we
Exalt You with Your praise
And sanctify You
So the answer came from the All-Knowing
The Wise
Indeed, I know
That which you do not know
Meaning I know of the benefits
And virtues and wisdoms
What you do not know
And your perception cannot reach
So the
Angels obeyed the command of Allah
The Almighty
Then on Friday
That great day
In which Allah created Adam
And in it he was sent down
To the earth
In it, Allah accepted his repentance.
In it, he died.
And in it, the Hour will be established.
When Allah,
Exalted be He, willed to create Adam,
peace be upon him,
He took a handful from the earth,
containing all the colors
of soil, its various types,
and its characteristics.
That is why his offspring came forth
diverse in colors, characteristics,
and traits.
Allah created Adam
first from dust.
Indeed, the likeness of ‘Isa,
“Lo! the likeness of Jesus with Allah is as the likeness of Adam. He created him of dust, then He said unto him: Be! and he is.” (3:59)
He created him from
dust.
Then He mixed the dust with water,
and it became clay.
He who perfected
everything He created,
and began [the creation].
“Who made all things good which He created, and He began the creation of man from clay;” (32:7)
Then He left this clay
until it became dark, altered
mud.
Foul-smelling,
and smooth, ringing clay.
And We have certainly created
man from ringing clay,
from dark, altered mud.
Then He left it
until it dried and became
like pottery.
Man was created from
clay like pottery.
Thus,
Allah created Adam with His Hand from
dust.
And Allah created his offspring
from a base fluid.
So blessed is Allah,
the best of creators.
The Mother of the Believers,
‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said:
"The angels were created
from light,
and the jinn were created..."
“And the jinn did He create of smokeless fire.” (55:15)
And Adam was created
from what has been described to you.
Allah, Exalted be He, created
Adam, peace be upon him,
with a height of sixty
cubits toward the sky.
Then He left him solid,
hollow, without a soul.
He left him in this
state for as long as He willed
to leave him.
So Iblis began to circle around him,
contemplating him.
When he saw him hollow,
he knew that Allah
had created a being that could not restrain itself,
meaning it possessed a weakness
and a lack of stability
that was not present in others
among the creation.
Then Allah, Exalted be He, breathed
the soul into Adam.
When life stirred
in his body, he sneezed,
and said, "Praise be
to Allah."
His Lord said to him,
"May your Lord have mercy on you, O Adam."
And He said to him,
"O Adam,
go to that group
of the angels
and say, 'Peace be upon you.'"
So Adam went
to them
and greeted them as his Lord had commanded him.
The angels replied,
"And upon you be peace,
and the mercy of Allah and His blessings."
Then Adam returned
to his Lord, the Almighty and Majestic,
and Allah said
to him, "This
is your greeting and the greeting..."
Then Allah, Glorified and Exalted be He,
willed to demonstrate
to the angels
the merit of Adam, peace be upon him.
So He taught him
the names of all created things:
the names of everything,
every single thing.
The mountain, the tree, the stone,
and all inanimate objects,
and the lion, the tiger,
and all animals.
Then Allah
commanded the angels, saying,
"Inform Me
of the names of these."
The angels replied
with all politeness
toward the Lord of Might, Blessed and Exalted be He.
They said,
"Exalted are You,
we have no knowledge
except what You have taught us."
“They said: Be glorified! We have no knowledge saving that which Thou hast taught us. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Knower, the Wise.” (2:32)
Allah said,
"O Adam,
inform them of their names."
So Adam began
to name everything
by its name.
Thus the angels recognized
the merit of Adam over them
through the knowledge that
Allah had taught him. Allah,
Exalted be He, said:
﴾And when your Lord said
to the angels,
"Indeed, I will make
upon the earth a successor."﴿
They said, "Will You place
in it one who
causes corruption therein
and sheds blood,
and sheds blood,
while we
exalt You with praise
and declare Your holiness?"
He said, "Indeed, I
know that which you
do not know."
And He taught Adam
the names, all of them.
Then He presented them
to the angels.
Then He presented them
to the angels,
and said,
"Inform Me
of the names
of these,
if you are
truthful."
They said, "Exalted are You,
we have no knowledge
except what You have taught us.
Indeed, it is You
who is the Knowing,
the Wise."
He said, "O Adam,
O Adam,
inform them
of their names."
So when
he informed them
of their names,
He said, "Did I not
tell you?"
He said, "Did I not tell you
that I know the unseen
of the heavens and the earth?
And I know what
you reveal,
and I know what you reveal
and what you have been concealing."
Then Allah,
Exalted be He, commanded the angels
to prostrate to Adam,
peace be upon him—
a prostration of greeting, not a prostration of worship.
And the command
included Iblis as well,
because he was with the angels.
So the angels prostrated,
all of them entirely,
except Iblis.
He grew arrogant toward the prostration,
boasting of the origin
from which he was created,
acting haughtily toward Adam,
and disobeying the command of his Lord,
Blessed and Exalted be He.
Allah, Exalted be He, said
to Iblis:
“He said: O Iblis! What hindereth thee from falling prostrate before that which I have created with both My hands? Art thou too proud or art thou of the high exalted?” (38:75)
"When I commanded you?"
The accursed one replied,
"I am better than him;
You created me from fire,
And He created him from clay.
Then the divine command came.
So he descended from it.
“He said: Then go down hence! It is not for thee to show pride here, so go forth! Lo! thou art of those degraded.” (7:13)
And he departed.
"You are among the humiliated."
Thus it is.
The recompense is of the same nature as the deed.
When he refused
to prostrate out of arrogance,
Allah made him among the humiliated.
Then the accursed Iblis
asked Allah
for a respite,
that He not cause him to die until the day
when people are resurrected,
which is the Day of Resurrection.
His purpose in that
was not to die.
Then the response came from Allah,
the Exalted, the All-Powerful:
"You are among those granted respite,
but
until the day of the known time,"
which is the time of the first
blast of the Trumpet,
when all creation shall perish.
At that point,
the accursed Satan declared his enmity
toward Adam and his descendants,
and he took it upon himself
to lead astray whomever he could
of Adam's descendants,
all of them.
So Allah said to him:
"Depart from Paradise,
despised and driven away.
I will surely fill Hell
with you and those who follow you
from among the descendants of Adam,
all of them."
And thus,
the battle began in this life
between the accursed Satan
on one side,
and Adam and his descendants
on the other.
Allah the Exalted said:
"And We have certainly created you,
then
given you form,
then We said
to the angels,
then We said
to the angels:
'Prostrate to Adam,'
so they prostrated,
they prostrated except
Iblis; he was not
among those who prostrated.
He said, 'What prevented you
from prostrating when
I commanded you?' He said,
'I am better than him;
You created me from
fire and created him
from clay.'
He said, 'Descend
from it, for it is not for you
to be
arrogant therein.'
So he departed,
'You are among
the humiliated.'
He said, 'Respite me
until the day they are resurrected.'
He said, 'You are
among those granted respite.'
He said, 'Because You have put me in error,
I will surely sit in wait for them
on Your straight path.
Then I will come to
them
from before them
and from behind them,
and from behind them,
and from their right
and from their left,
and You will not find
most of them grateful.'
He said, 'Depart from it,
despised and expelled.
Whoever
follows you among them,
I will surely fill
Hell with
you all.'
Then Allah the Exalted created for Adam,
peace be upon him, his wife,
Hawwa (Eve).
Allah the Exalted created her from the rib of Adam,
peace be upon him,
so that he might find comfort in her and dwell
with her,
and that the progeny would thereafter be
from their offspring.
And Allah the Exalted commanded
our parents, Adam and Hawwa,
to dwell in Paradise,
to eat from its fruits,
and to enjoy its bounties,
but He forbade them
from eating from a tree
specified by itself,
and warned them that they would be
among the wrongdoers
if they ate from that
tree.
Satan exploited this matter
and whispered to them to eat
from that tree,
and he lied to them,
saying:
“Then Satan whispered to them that he might manifest unto them that which was hidden from them of their shame, and he said: Your Lord forbade you from this tree only lest ye should become angels or become of the immortals.” (7:20)
'Unless you become
two angels from among
the angels of the Most Merciful,
or you become of the immortals
in the Gardens.'
And he swore to them.
“And he swore unto them (saying): Lo! I am a sincere adviser unto you.” (7:21)
It did not cross
the minds of Adam and Hawwa
that anyone would dare
to swear by Allah
falsely.
So they obeyed Iblis.
When they tasted of the tree,
there was immediately removed
from them the light that
had been covering their private parts,
and their private parts became apparent
to them.
Then there stirred within them
the sound human nature,
and they began to cover
their private parts with the leaves
of Paradise.
In the meantime,
their Lord called to them:
'Did I not forbid you both?'
Adam and Hawwa realized
regarding that tree,
'And I warned you both,
and I said to you both...'
“Thus did he lead them on with guile. And when they tasted of the tree their shame was manifest to them and they began to hide (by heaping) on themselves some of the leaves of the Garden. And their Lord called them, (saying): Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you: Lo! Satan is an open enemy to you?” (7:22)
Adam and Hawwa felt
their mistake
and confessed their sin,
but
only after they had fallen
into the misfortune of their disobedience.
At that point came
the divine command:
'Descend to the earth,
you are enemies to one another.
For you therein
is a place of settlement and enjoyment
for a time.'
So Adam and Hawwa descended
to the earth, remorseful.
And Adam, peace be upon him, received
from his Lord words,
through which He taught him
repentance and seeking forgiveness.
So Adam began to repeat them:
'Our Lord,
we have wronged ourselves,
“They said: Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If thou forgive us not and have not mercy on us, surely we are of the lost!” (7:23)
and have mercy on us, that we may be
among the losers.'
So Allah pardoned him,
chose him for Himself,
accepted his repentance,
guided him,
and selected him as a prophet on earth,
as the first prophet
of the prophets.
Allah the Exalted said:
'And O Adam,
dwell, you
and your wife, in Paradise,
and eat from wherever
you both wish,
eat from wherever you both wish,
but do not approach
this tree,
lest you be among the wrongdoers.'
Then Satan whispered to them
to reveal
to them what was hidden
from them of their private parts,
to reveal
So that what was hidden
from them of
their private parts might be revealed to them.
And he said, "Your Lord did not forbid you
your Lord did not forbid you
from this
tree, except
that you should become
angels,
or that you should become
angels or become
among the immortals."
And he swore
to them both, "Indeed, I
am to you both among
the sincere advisors."
So he brought them down
by deception.
And when
they tasted of the tree,
their private parts became apparent to them,
and they began
and they began
to fasten together over themselves
from the leaves of
Paradise.
And their Lord called to them,
"Did I not forbid you
from that
tree?"
"Did I not forbid you
from that tree,
and I say to you both,
and I say to you both,
that Satan
is to you both an enemy
manifest?"
They said, "Our Lord,
we have wronged
ourselves."
"We have wronged ourselves,
“They said: Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If thou forgive us not and have not mercy on us, surely we are of the lost!” (7:23)
and have mercy upon us,
we will surely be among
the losers."
He said, "Descend, being to one another
enemies,
and for you on the earth
is a place of settlement
and provision
for a time."
He said, "Therein you will live,
and therein you will die,
and from it you will be brought forth."
The hadith
has a continuation, if Allah wills.
And Allah knows best.
And praise be to Allah,
Lord of the worlds.
And may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon our Prophet,
upon Muhammad,
and upon his family and all his Companions,
all of them.
You have been with the stories
of the Prophets.