Part of The Story of Our Mother Hawwa (Eve) (series completed)
· Lesson 8 of 27
The story of our mother Eve | Episode (8) | O Eve, God’s mercy is vast
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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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The mercy of Allah is vast.
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Allah the Exalted says:
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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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Indeed, He is the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful.
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“We said: Go down, all of you, from hence; but verily there cometh unto you from Me a guidance; and whoso followeth My guidance, there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.” (2:38)
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"And if there should come to you guidance from Me,"
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"Then whoever follows My guidance, there will be no fear concerning them,"
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"Nor will they grieve."
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"But the ones who disbelieve and deny Our signs,"
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"Those are the companions of the Fire;"
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"They will abide therein eternally."
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Allah is the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful.
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Allah the Exalted says:
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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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Indeed, He is the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful.
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Allah concluded the story of our mother Eve
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with two of His Most Beautiful Names,
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which signify the greatness of His mercy toward His servants:
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The Accepting of repentance and the Merciful.
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When the Most Beautiful Names of Allah appear in a verse,
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they are connected to the subject of that verse and what precedes it.
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The story speaks of our mother Eve
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and what occurred between her and our father Adam, peace be upon him,
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regarding the violation of Allah’s command and eating from the tree.
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This was a grave sin,
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for which they received a great disciplinary consequence,
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which was their expulsion from Paradise.
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Yet, accompanying this expulsion
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was the remorse and seeking of forgiveness by our father Adam
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and our mother Eve.
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Through this, they attained Allah’s acceptance of their repentance
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and His—glory be to Him and the Exalted—mercy toward them.
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Ibn Kathir, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
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Regarding the saying of the Exalted:
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"Indeed, He is the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful,"
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it means that He accepts the repentance of those who turn to Him and repent.
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Similar to His saying:
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“Know they not that Allah is He Who accepteth repentance from His bondmen and taketh the alms, and that Allah is He Who is the Relenting, the Merciful.” (9:104)
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And His saying:
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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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"...then he seeks the forgiveness of Allah,"
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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 His saying:
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“And whosoever repenteth and doeth good, he verily repenteth toward Allah with true repentance -” (25:71)
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“And whosoever repenteth and doeth good, he verily repenteth toward Allah with true repentance -” (25:71)
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And other such verses that indicate
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that He, the Exalted, forgives sins
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and accepts the repentance of those who repent.
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This is part of His kindness to His creation and His mercy to His servants;
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there is no deity except Him, the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful.
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O Eve,
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Allah treated you with concealment in this story.
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When you contemplate the story of our mother Eve throughout the Qur'an,
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you find Allah’s concealment over her,
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despite the explicit indication in the Qur'an
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of her participation with our father Adam in the disobedience.
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Yet, Allah the Almighty concealed her;
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He did not mention her explicitly as He mentioned our father Adam, peace be upon him.
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This is part of Allah’s mercy toward you.
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Ibn 'Atiyyah al-Andalusi, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
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Allah the Exalted singled out Adam
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for mention here regarding the receiving of words and the repentance,
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even though Eve was a participant in that by consensus,
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because he was the one addressed at the beginning of the story with His saying:
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"Dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise."
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Therefore, the story was completed by mentioning him alone.
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Also, because a woman is sacred and to be veiled,
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Allah intended concealment for her.
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That is why He did not mention her in the disobedience in His saying:
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“Then they twain ate thereof, so that their shame became apparent unto them, and they began to hide by heaping on themselves some of the leaves of the Garden. And Adam disobeyed his Lord, so went astray.” (20:121)
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In this, there is a lesson for us in dealing with the affairs of women:
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we should treat them with concealment, not with exposure.
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O Eve,
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people are either among the people of happiness or the people of misery.
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When Allah the Exalted said:
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"Then whoever follows My guidance, there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve,"
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"But the ones who disbelieve and deny Our signs,"
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"Those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally,"
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we learned that people are divided into two categories:
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the people of happiness and the people of misery.
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Al-Sa'di, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
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In these verses and those similar to them,
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is the division of the creation, both jinn and mankind,
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into the people of happiness and the people of misery,
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and within them are the characteristics of both groups
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and the deeds that necessitate such outcomes.
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So how can you, O Eve, be among the people of happiness?
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It is from Allah’s mercy toward you
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that He sent down for you, your family, and all people
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a methodology that clarifies for them the path to happiness in this world and the Hereafter.
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So the Exalted said:
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"We said, 'Go down from it, all of you.'"
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"And if there should come to you guidance from Me,"
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"Then whoever follows My guidance, there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve."
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Ibn Kathir, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
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Abu al-'Aliyah said:
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"The guidance" refers to the prophets, messengers, and the clarification.
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Muqatil Ibn Hayyan said:
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"The guidance" is Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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Al-Hasan said:
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"The guidance" is the Qur'an.
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Both of these statements are correct,
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and the statement of Abu al-'Aliyah is more comprehensive.
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"Then whoever follows My guidance,"
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meaning whoever turns to what I have sent down in the Books
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and what I have sent through the Messengers,
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"there will be no fear concerning them,"
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meaning regarding what they will face in the affairs of the Hereafter,
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"nor will they grieve"
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over what they missed of the affairs of this world.
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So you are upon a clear, manifest religion
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that guides to the truth and to a straight path.
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What is required of you only
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is to walk upon this straight path.
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O Eve,
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your psychological comfort lies in following the guidance of Allah.
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All people search for psychological comfort,
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because they realize fully
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that all the enjoyments of this world, without psychological comfort,
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are worth nothing.
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So how do we obtain this psychological comfort?
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It is from Allah’s mercy toward you, O Eve,
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that He did not leave you to search in the unknown
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for this psychological comfort,
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but rather He sent down to you this Great Book
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and said:
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"And if there should come to you guidance from Me,"
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"Then whoever follows My guidance, there will be no fear concerning them,"
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"nor will they grieve."
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Al-Sa'di, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
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He established upon following His guidance
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four things.
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This concerns fear and grief.
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The difference between them is
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that if the disliked thing has already passed,
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it causes grief,
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and if it is expected, it causes fear.
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So He negated both for those who follow His guidance.
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And when they are negated, their opposites are attained,
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which is complete security.
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Likewise, the negation of misguidance and misery
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establishes their opposites, which are guidance and happiness.
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So whoever follows the guidance attains security, worldly and otherworldly happiness, and guidance,
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and is spared every disliked thing of fear, grief, misguidance, and misery.
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Thus, they attain what is desired and are repelled from what is feared.
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This is the opposite of those who do not follow the guidance, disbelieving in it and denying His signs.
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We will continue in a future meeting, if Allah wills, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
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The story of our mother Eve.