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The story of our mother Eve | Episode (7) | Oh Eve, take a lesson
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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.