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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

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The story of our mother Eve.

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O Eve.

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Take heed.

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Allah the Exalted says:

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"But Satan caused them to slip out of it."

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"And removed them from that [condition] in which they had been."

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"And We said, 'Go down, [all of you], as enemies to one another.'"

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"'And for you on the earth is a place of settlement.'"

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"'And enjoyment for a time.'"

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“Then Adam received from his Lord words (of revelation), and He relented toward him. Lo! He is the relenting, the Merciful.” (2:37)

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"Then He accepted his repentance."

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"Indeed, He is the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful."

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When Allah narrates stories to us in the Noble Qur'an,

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He tells us:

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“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)

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“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)

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"But [it is] a confirmation of what was before it."

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"And a detailed explanation of all things."

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"And guidance and mercy for a people who believe."

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Thus, we know with certainty that the mention of stories in the Great Qur'an,

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its purpose is to draw lessons.

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And she who draws lessons from the stories of the Qur'an,

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is described as having a sound mind.

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And she is walking upon the path of guidance.

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And she has mercy from Allah.

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The name of the tree.

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It is important in studying the story of our mother Eve,

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to take lessons from the story,

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instead of being preoccupied with knowing [the identity of] the tree.

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Ibn Jarir al-Tabari, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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"Our view regarding this is,"

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"that Allah, whose praise is exalted, informed His servants,"

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"that Adam and his wife ate from the tree,"

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"which their Lord had forbidden them from eating."

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"So they committed the sin which He had forbidden them from committing,"

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"by eating what they ate from it,"

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"after Allah, whose praise is exalted, had clarified to them,"

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"the specific tree He had forbidden them from eating."

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"And He pointed it out to them by His saying,"

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"'And do not approach this tree.'"

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"And Allah, whose praise is exalted, did not provide for His servants,"

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"who are addressed by the Qur'an,"

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"any indication as to which of the trees of Paradise,"

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"He had forbidden Adam from approaching,"

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"neither by naming it,"

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"nor by any sign pointing to it."

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"And had it been that Allah, in His knowledge,"

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"desired any benefit in that,"

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"He would not have left His servants without providing a sign for them,"

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"by which they could reach the knowledge of its identity,"

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"so that they might act upon their knowledge of it,"

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"just as He did regarding everything that He desires us to know."

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"Therefore, the correct view in this matter is to say,"

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"that Allah, whose praise is exalted,"

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"forbade Adam and his wife from eating from a tree,"

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"specifically, from among the trees of Paradise,"

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"to the exclusion of all other trees."

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"So they disobeyed what Allah had forbidden them,"

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"and ate from it, as Allah, whose praise is exalted, described them."

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"And we have no knowledge of which tree it was specifically,"

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"because Allah did not provide His servants with evidence for that in the Qur'an,"

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"nor in the authentic Sunnah."

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"So how could that be known?"

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It has been said:

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"It was a wheat tree."

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And it was said:

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"It was a grapevine."

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And it was said:

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"It was a fig tree."

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It is possible it was one of these.

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But that is knowledge,

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that if one knows it, the knowledge does not benefit the one who knows it,

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and if one is ignorant of it,

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the ignorance does not harm the one who is ignorant of it.

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In this, there is an upbringing for the woman:

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not to delve into searching for what does not benefit,

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thereby preoccupying herself and others,

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and wasting her time in fruitless debate.

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Satan is your enemy and the enemy of your husband.

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Allah the Exalted says:

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"But Satan caused them to slip out of it."

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"And removed them from that [condition] in which they had been."

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The verse indicates that Satan seduced Adam and Eve,

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and caused them to disobey the command of Allah.

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In this, there is a benefit for spouses:

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that they should be wary of Satan’s seduction of them both.

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So if one of them sins,

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let them not cast blame upon the other.

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Dr. Abd al-Aziz al-Tarifi said:

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"Allah, glory be to Him, informs us,"

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"that Iblis whispered to Adam and Eve,"

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"to eat from the tree which Allah had forbidden them from eating."

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"So they ate from it."

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"And Allah called what they did a 'slip' from Paradise,"

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"and a cause for their expulsion from it."

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So the error occurred from both spouses,

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and the punishment was upon them both as well.

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If you sin, hasten to repent,

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just as your mother Eve did.

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Among the most important lessons we learn from the story,

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is the haste to repent immediately after a sin,

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as our father Adam and our mother Eve did.

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Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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"Allah, glory be to Him and the Exalted, said,"

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“Then Adam received from his Lord words (of revelation), and He relented toward him. Lo! He is the relenting, the Merciful.” (2:37)

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"Then He accepted his repentance."

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"Indeed, He is the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful."

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"We said, 'Go down from it, all of you.'"

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"So He informed us that He accepted his repentance,"

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"through the words he received from Him."

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And Allah the Exalted said:

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"They said, 'Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves.'"

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[The rest of] the verse.

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He informed us that He commanded them to descend,

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following these words.

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And He informed us that He accepted his repentance,

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following the words,

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and commanded him to descend.

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So His command to descend was,

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following the words he received from Him,

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which are their saying:

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"Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves,"

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“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)

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"We will surely be among the losers."

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Or words similar to these words.

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A large group of exegetes mentioned this.

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And whoever mentions that the words he received from his Lord were other than these,

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has no argument against the apparent meaning of the Qur'an.

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Ibn Abi al-Dunya mentioned in his book *Al-Tawbah* (Repentance),

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many things regarding these words,

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all of which revolve around what Allah mentioned in His Book,

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from the saying of Adam and Eve:

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"Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves,"

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“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)

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"We will surely be among the losers."

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Also, their saying:

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"We have wronged ourselves,"

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“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)

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includes acknowledgment and seeking forgiveness.

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And whoever is beneath Adam,

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if he acknowledges his sin,

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and seeks forgiveness for it,

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he is forgiven.

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As it is in the two *Sahih* collections,

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that the Prophet, peace be upon him,

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said to 'A'ishah:

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"If you have committed a sin,"

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"then seek forgiveness from Allah and repent to Him."

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For when the servant acknowledges his sin,

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and repents,

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Allah accepts his repentance.

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And Allah the Exalted said:

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"And whoever does a wrong,"

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“Yet whoso doeth evil or wrongeth his own soul, then seeketh pardon of Allah, will find Allah Forgiving, Merciful.” (4:110)

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“Yet whoso doeth evil or wrongeth his own soul, then seeketh pardon of Allah, will find Allah Forgiving, Merciful.” (4:110)

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And when forgiveness is attained through repentance,

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the intended goal is achieved, not by anything else.

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It is established in the *Sahih* from 'Amr ibn al-'As,

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that the Prophet, peace be upon him,

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said to him:

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"O 'Amr,"

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"do you not know that Islam,"

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"destroys what came before it,"

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"and that repentance destroys what came before it?"

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Likewise, the verse in *Al 'Imran*:

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“And those who, when they do an evil thing or wrong themselves, remember Allah and implore forgiveness for their sins - Who forgiveth sins save Allah only? - and will not knowingly repeat (the wrong) they did.” (3:135)

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"Or wronged,"

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"themselves, they remember Allah,"

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“And those who, when they do an evil thing or wrong themselves, remember Allah and implore forgiveness for their sins - Who forgiveth sins save Allah only? - and will not knowingly repeat (the wrong) they did.” (3:135)

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"and seek forgiveness for their sins."

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“And those who, when they do an evil thing or wrong themselves, remember Allah and implore forgiveness for their sins - Who forgiveth sins save Allah only? - and will not knowingly repeat (the wrong) they did.” (3:135)

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“And those who, when they do an evil thing or wrong themselves, remember Allah and implore forgiveness for their sins - Who forgiveth sins save Allah only? - and will not knowingly repeat (the wrong) they did.” (3:135)

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“And those who, when they do an evil thing or wrong themselves, remember Allah and implore forgiveness for their sins - Who forgiveth sins save Allah only? - and will not knowingly repeat (the wrong) they did.” (3:135)

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"While they know."

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Ibn Kathir, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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And Fakhr al-Din said:

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"Know that in these verses,"

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"there is a great warning against all sins from several aspects."

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The first:

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"That whoever contemplates what happened to Adam,"

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"due to his committing this small slip,"

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"would be in great fear of sins."

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The poet said:

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"O observer, looking with the eyes of one who is asleep,"

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"and witnessing the matter while not truly witnessing,"

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"You pile sins upon sins and hope,"

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"to ascend to the gardens and attain the success of the worshippers."

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"Have you forgotten your Lord when He cast Adam,"

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"from it to the world for a single sin?"

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So the lesson that Eve must,

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occupy herself with,

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is the gravity of sin,

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no matter how small it may appear in her eyes.

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We will continue in a future meeting, if Allah wills.

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And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

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The story of our mother Eve.