 Peace be upon him and his family as we continue on this journey to take lessons from the lives of the Prophet of Allah mentioned in the Quran. Now before I introduce our dearest respected guest and dearest respected Sayyid, I'd like to remind the viewers that if you do want to call in and ask the Sayyid a question, you can call in on 0203-515-0199, alternatively texting your questions down below. Now I'd like to say a very huge thank you to all the viewers worldwide calling in, texting in their questions on WhatsApp, Twitter, on all our social media platforms from Panama, America, South America, Philippines, East Asia, South Asia, all of these areas around the world and for that on behalf of Mahsain TV, on behalf of myself and on behalf of the Sayyid, I'd like to truly thank you all. Without further ado, the discussion for today, Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, Sayyid, and peace be upon you. And peace be upon you. How are you doing today? Very well, thanks, very well yourself. Alhamdulillah. Brilliant. I see you're out of that Liverpool shirt and into more formal shirt. I am at the Red Liverpool Tire still there, so we continue the theme. Alhamdulillah. And then straight into the topic, quick question as an overview, how confident are you that you are able to recreate actually the story of Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, because many people will say that these are also superstitions and quite frankly they go directly against science. I think it's a great question to start off with because story of Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, you're right, it involves the world of the scene and the unseen, especially in relation to our lives today. Because you've got the main protagonist within the story, Adam, the jinn, the angels, you've got this communication that's coming back and forth between Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta'ala and His creation. And it's not the easiest story to be able to reconstruct. I'm not going to sit here, you know, for the next hour and say I'm going to tell you exactly what happened in that heavenly abode, wherever that is and how long it took and what the exact details of the conversations are. All I can say for those who say, well, these are just superstitious beliefs. When I come to a conclusion that there is a Lord, that Lord provides me with guidance. One's can come in many forms. One form is my intellect, another are the prophets of the Lord and the other is the holy book and the Quran provides me with that guidance to be able to understand this story. So those who are coming from the door of superstition, I reply by saying that, no, I have a holy book that I believe is the Word of God and therefore having come to that conclusion, what that holy book then guides me towards, I believe has come from a prophet who is truthful and trustworthy, receiving revelation from his Lord. And I'm not going to deny that we do have some hadiths which, you know, you begin to wonder what exactly is this hadith pointing to? You know, God created Adam and that image of the Lord or you have, for example, Eve was created from the rib of Adam or you've got traditions about Adam's children marrying each other. We're going to come to all of these to show that the world of hadith is open to question for sure. And that Isra'iliah tradition definitely are crept in. In terms of science, if there are areas in which science has differed, while science is not infallible, Islam is open without a doubt. There is no way that a person can live their lives without knowing the world of the seen and the unseen, without knowing the world of the empirical. As well as going towards the world of the mystical and revelation. So we're willing to entertain scientific discussion as well. We're not going to deny what science will seek to conclude. But see, you bring it on to science because when we look at science, you know, we have fossil records that date back millions of years. Now, as we know, these fossil records date back to way before the time of Prophet Adam, we can both agree on that. Now, you know, could we have gotten this story wrong? Because the Earth was clearly inhabited by before Prophet Adam. Yeah, no doubt, you know, you go to museums around the world and there'll be people who'll show you that there was life form before Nabi Adam, and we don't deny that because we have traditions from the imams of Ahlul Bayt, that there were Adams before Adam. Sometimes it says there were a thousand Adams before Adam. Sometimes it says there were millions of Adams before Adam. Wow. Many people imagine that because Nabi Adam, alayhi salam, is God's representative on the Earth that there wasn't life form before Adam, alayhi salam. Imam al-Baqr, Imam al-Sadaq, alayhi salam, both of them have traditions where they highlight that if you people think you're the first, no, there were worlds before you and there were Adams before you. Now, when I therefore go to a museum in London or I go to a museum in New York, for example, I can see that there's evidence of fossils or life form before Adam. It's wonderful when I then see Imam al-Baqr and Imam al-Sadaq telling us that, yes, before Adam there was life form. Then you find that there are traditions that indicate the Earth had been created and that there was life form on the Earth of different species, which it's hard to pin down the definition of. One of them is the species that's supposedly created from fire known as the gin. Another is a species that some have described as a humanoid. You know, and, you know, Palenty only just have looked at the life form that seemingly has existed before Adam is known to have existed. And you find that there was a form of a human being that seemed to be a very rebellious human being. At the beginning, these two creations which were there before Nabi Adam, al-Salaam, they seem to be creations who were both worshipping their Lord. Now, someone says, well, they're worshipping their Lord. How, you know, is there a profit for them? For them to be worshipping their Lord has a profit come and invited them. And the reality is that a person can find their Lord simply by reflecting on the signs that surround them. You know, there are people who ask me a question that say somebody is living in the Amazon rainforest and they've never ever heard of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, in his family. They've never heard of Imam al-Hussain. They've never heard of Karbala. They may have never even heard of the Quran, let's say. That person, what's their judgment? Well, their judgment, if they reflect on the rainforest that surrounds them, the serenity, the peacefulness, the order of the creation around them and nature and reach a conclusion that there must be a creator and that this was not in vain, that's enough. For they have believed in the central tenant of la ilaha illallah or in the central tenant, which was the central tenant of every prophet of Allah, subhan, ta'ala and that is al-hamdulillah, Rab al-Alamin. So what you have before Nabi Adam, al-Salaam is that on the earth, there is the jinn living there. There is this group of people which some traditions refer to as the Nasnaas, but after a certain time where they're worshiping Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala and they're recognizing the bounties of their Lord that they become rebellious. Okay. When they become rebellious, you find that the angels are watching all of this and the angels are saddened by how the creation of Allah are rebelling against their creator. So what we therefore have an answer to your question is that we have life before Adam. Adams before Adam. Thousands of years, millions of years. You know, sometimes when you hear that there may have been life form over 30 million years before Nabi Adam, al-Salaam. Imam Al-Baqr, al-Salaam answers this. He says million Adams before Adam. There were a thousand Adams before Adam. So there is no denial and that's why I said at the beginning of the show that when you're looking at the stories of people like Nabi Adam, al-Salaam, there's no harm interacting with the scientific world. The problem with many Muslims is that they're not willing to engage in the discussion with the scientific world. I don't have to agree with every single theory in the scientific world that's being postulated but there are some that accord to what the Islamic teachings are providing us. But we believe that, say Imam Al-Baqr and Imam Al-Salaam say that there were million Adams before Adam. Now, we believe and correct me if I'm wrong that Prophet Adam, al-Salaam, was the first human being to be created. Now, can we as Muslims possibly believe in a form of dinosaur or evolution? No, dinosaurs, we have no problem in believing. There's fossil records, if there's clear evidence that there was forms of species which may have gone extinct, others which may have evolved, we have no problem with that as well. And we've got no problem with a lot of the theory of evolution. You know, mutations occurring in the environment or animals or species adapting to their environment, we have no problem with that whatsoever. Many times you'll hear Muslims saying that we completely reject the theory of evolution. No, on the contrary. Yes, someone might reject macro versus micro evolution meaning that's a whole change from one species to another, maybe something that is rejected. Whereas different moments where animals adapt to their environment, which have existed or there's mutations that may exist, we have no problem with that whatsoever. So, you know, to reject these things outright would be to go against a lot of the literature that we have that there was a lot of life form before Nabi Adam, al-Salaam. But the idea that one particular species completely changes into a human being is something that we reject. Now you mentioned that there was a lot of species created before Prophet Adam, al-Salaam. Now, we don't see any records of reactions from the angels when those species were created. But when we see Prophet Adam, al-Salaam, created, we see a reaction from the angels. But what was that initial reaction from the angels? Actually, the angels did react when they saw the rebelliousness of the creatures who were there before Nabi Adam, al-Salaam. The angels had a reaction of sadness. They couldn't believe that this creation that was on the earth, which the fossil records show us existed before Adam, they could not believe that they were so rebellious against the Lord. And the angels were very heard by what was happening. And it seems that within Islamic traditions, the Lord decides that, well, of those who are rebellious, there's a punishment. And of those who are of the good, they are to be taken towards another abode. They are to be saved. Of which, of one of them who's saved has the title of Iblis, yes, which we will come to shortly. So the angels do have that reaction. Now, the angels, it's interesting that when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in the Islamic sources supposedly ends that period or that millennia where the nasnaas exist or the humanoids exist, then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has a conversation with the angels, which is documented both in the Quran and in the world of Hadith. And the conversation is that I'm going to appoint a representative of mine on the earth. And this representative of mine is going to be a representative who's going to show the best of values, is going to be full of justice, is going to have dignity and devotion and intellect and so on. So there is this discussion that occurs between God and the angels. Now, when this discussion occurs, the discussions mentioned in the Quran from chapter two, verse 30 to about 34, 35. Wa-ith qala rabbu-kal-al-malaykati in ni-ja'alun fil-ar-di khalifa. Your Lord said to the angels, I'm sending a khalifa on the earth. Their reply was interesting. And their reply, according to certain scholars, indicated that they had known of a life form before Adam. Ataj'alu fiha ma yufsidhu fiha wa yusfakud-dimaa wa n'ahnoon sabbihah wa hamdika wa n'uqaddisu lihaak. Are you going to send someone who causes mischief and bloodshed while we worship you and sing your blessings? How would they have known about a creation that causes mischief and bloodshed unless there's already been a creation preceding Adam, alaihi salam? Some scholars have looked at this in different ways. Some scholars have said the very makeup of the human being, having the power of intellect, but anger, desire, and imagination is a recipe for disaster. If intellect is able to overcome one's desires or one's anger, then yes, the human is higher than the angel. But if the desires and imagination overcome the intellect, then what you have is that the human can become lower than an animal. It's interesting that there is a discussion that Jibrail, alaihi salam, has with Adam when Adam is first created, where Adam is offered intellect, decency, and devotion. Adam takes intellect and decency and devotion say that we can never leave the intellect. We'll always be alongside the intellect. For a person to be an upright individual, intellect's not enough. There has to be a decency about their character. And there has to be a devotional aspect to them which we'll come to another occasion. So what you have here is that the angels ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's question. Now, the reaction to this question, I'm not sure you find traditions that there's a remorse on their part as if there's a punishment meted out against them for questioning God's judgment, which is interesting. When Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala decrees a matter, it is not for us to question. When they say, Are you gonna send someone who causes mischief and bludgeon? God, what's happening? This has happened before. You've got people on that earth who are mischievous or rebellious, again? Is that what you're gonna do? Is that what's gonna happen? And his reply is a wonderful reply. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala replies, He said, I know that, which you do not know, that you've got a point about the fact that you've seen mischief and rebellion in my creation, but you're gonna see a creation who, not just him, he is one of the greatest of my creation, but you're gonna see in his loins, greater and greater creations who are going to be unbelievable in their dignity, in their intellect, in their devotion and in their worship. The same way you do tasbih, taqlis, you do the honouring and glorifying, you're gonna see a group who are more majestic than even this creation. Subhanallah. You mentioned that of the jinn that were saved, one was Iblis or shaitan, as we call him. Now, we do hear different names for Iblis. Let's call him for now. What was his status at the time of the creation of Prophet Adam, alaihi salam? The time of Adam, he's in quite a lofty position. If you're reading the traditions of Ahlul Bayt, alaihi salam, you're looking at somebody who was worshiping his Lord for 4,000 to 6,000 years or more. I think Allah, Subhanallah, is so just that even for that act, it's why he gives him respite later on. But he's in a lofty position. He knows that a decision has been made that God is going to appoint a Khalifa on the earth. He still hasn't come to an understanding as to what this creation is exactly like. It seems that there are discussions taking place because if you're looking at the world of Hadith, God, Jibrail, Israel, all of them are involved in discussions about the creation of Adam. And there are these interesting traditions about how the earth when it talks to God. Now you read in the Quran, there are numerous verses about how God offered his trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains. So these inanimate seeming creations do have this relationship with their Lord. And the earth seemingly in this stage doesn't want parts of it to be taken because it doesn't want from its dust for a creation to be created who's going to be rebellious against the Lord. So as if the earth has seen that there have been rebellious creations and the earth in these discussions, that these could be, you know, hagiographical discussions or whatever, but it's very interesting that you find that Iblis at this time is in the company of the angels. The Quran gives us this indication and we still don't find that he's rebelled yet. He's still witnessing what's happening. Yeah. A very important question. Very something that I don't think a lot of people have thought about. What does Adam actually mean? Adam comes from adeem al-arth, which means to be created from the dust of the surface of the earth. Yeah, okay. Now we hear in the Quran, in the famous verses, wa laqat khalaqna l-insana min salsalin min hama im masnoon. Now the Quran mentions the words masnoon, hama, salsal. What are the definitions for all of these and is there a time period mentioned for how long it took Allah to create Prophet Adam? Yes, it's very interesting that you mentioned that. You know, hama in masnoon, salsalin kal fakhar. We hear sometimes in wedding ceremonies when the Mawlana sits with the husband and wife who are giving their lives away. You hear, alhamdulillah, aladhi khalaqa Adam in salsalin kal fakhar. And you hear this hama, you hear turab, you hear other words which are mentioned as well. Imam Ali bin Abi Ta'ab, alayhi salam, has a phenomenally vivid description of the creation of Prophet Adam, alayhi salam. Hama in masnoon. What you have here is, as I said, they're trying to get from the earth, they're trying to pull the dust from the earth. The earth tells Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, I don't want my earth to create or to be part of a creation that's gonna rebel against you. Do you know who takes the task of getting the dust from the earth? Azra'il. And that's why on that moment that he took the dust from the earth, Allah decided he's gonna take the people's souls from their bodies. It was at that moment in the creation of Adam, alayhi salam, at that moment, Azra'il said, you know what, all of you guys keep going to the earth, you're not doing anything about it, I'm doing it. When they've pulled the dust from the earth, all of these words that then you see are trying to explain to us the process behind the creation of Adam, possibly trying to reply to those who are saying, hey human, by saying, hold on, hold on, we don't just describe it by saying, although we can and we have by saying, kon fe ya kon, we're also gonna explain to you the intricacies behind it. So we're gonna pull the dust from the earth, and the water put together, you're gonna have that clay. We're still gonna have these larger pieces that are there. You remove them until you fashion it into, as if the way you're fashioning pottery. Salsa'a l-Kalfaqar is this connection to the world of pottery. People get the clay and they're molding something into shape. The Arab mind maybe needs something like this, or not the Arab mind, the human mind today needs something like this to understand that everything is created with precision. The one who has the major problem with this is Iblis. On one occasion, now they say that Adam, we do have interest in the Quran, ayahs such as, khalaqahum in turab, thumma qalil lahu kon fe ya kon, be and it will be. Allah, time doesn't affect Allah, sometimes you hear that we created the heavens on the earth in six days, we created Adam over 80 years, okay? Now, still in his lifeless form, there is a narration that Iblis walks past and there is this moment where Iblis suddenly says clay, fire, that moment is the downfall. Why? Cause two attributes come in one moment. And that is, takabbur and hasad. Correct? These two come in together and God save you if you have these diseases in your life. That in life we have physical diseases and you won't get treated straight away. So when I hear someone has cancer, they won't get chemotherapy, for example. When I hear someone has diabetes, when I hear someone has HIV, when I hear someone has, there's other illnesses, they won't get treated, but when you have certain spiritual diseases, they are the worst that you could face. Iblis, all of a sudden is thinking to himself that you created me from fire and you created him from this clay, this foul smelling, dark clay. I'm higher and I deserve that position. Why is he the one getting that position? Yeah. And that's the downfall. Now you could have worshipped for thousands of years, but if your worship has a tinge of arrogance, thinking that you're better than somebody else in terms of your creation, that you know, that person doesn't deserve to even be looked at, looking down at people. And that defines a Muslim. What defines a Muslim is really their achlaq. Can they master taqabur? Can they master hasad? Can they master these areas where spiritually they can destroy you? There's no point coming and praying or fasting in the holy month of Ramadan if you're envious of others. You know, there are people who look extremely religious, but they have so much hasad inside them. It's unbelievable. If they see somebody more famous than them, they perform their envious against them. If they see better looking, they're envious against them. If they see somebody getting all the plaudits, they're envious against them. But don't get me wrong, a lot of these look religious. Yeah. You'll see the tasbih, you know, the subhan there hand regularly, the beard growing, the abaya being worn, but they are a walking machine of hasad. However much they will talk to you about ahlul-bayt, the best thing that can happen to these people is for them to leave society, go purify themselves, then come back. Stop talking about ahlul-bayt's lives when you are a machine of hasad. Yeah. What then is the difference between you and shaitan? You claim to be a lover of ahlul-bayt. Shaitan, at that one moment, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala asks those angels. And when his Lord said to the angels, come to Adam and prostrate to him, he said, Allah asked the angels, prostrate to Adam. All of them prostrate except the devil. He refused, his arrogance overtook him. Yeah. Because he thought that he was greater than who? Thanabi Adam, alaihi salam. After the break, we'll look at why Adam, the angels and the beliefs all would realize that he is a greater creation, insha'Allah. As-santu wa s-salam. That's a very great reminder to be wary of the disease of envy and arrogance that surrounds our communities today. Insha'Allah, before we go to the break, I'd like to remind the viewers that if you do want to call in in the second part, to ask to say the question, call in on 03-515-0199 or text in your questions down below, wherever you are in the world. 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Now, Sayed Nair, before the break we were talking about how, you know, the words Masnoon, Hamat, Salsal. But it goes on to say that the angels themselves, they wondered about Adam. The shaitan himself wondered about Adam. You know, who was this creation? Who was this new creation of Allah, S.A. What was the special criteria for him that made him become the Khalifa? Knowledge. Knowledge. The Lord ends the discussion with the angels by saying, I know that which you do not know. He teaches Adam what the Quran says, he teaches Adam the names. When he asks Adam to say these names, Adam has the knowledge of them. When he asks the angels, the angels realize that we don't have that knowledge. God's Khalifa on the earth cannot be somebody who's deficient in their knowledge, but has to be somebody who can walk around anywhere and say, ask me before you lose me. Subhanallah, yeah. We can't have somebody as God's Khalifa on the earth who is being corrected 24 seven by people around him because they're making mistakes in relation to their knowledge. You're representing God. The angels, when God asks them about their knowledge, they realized that we're lacking something. Yeah. Iblis realizes, but his arrogance is too much to be willing to admit. And so what you have over here is a key point in understanding monotheism, prophethood, as well as imamah. Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, chooses his Khalifa on earth. That Khalifa has got to be the one with a God given knowledge. That knowledge is communicated at times from God to that Khalifa through Jibrail. That's a form of, a highest form of Wahi. You see, the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom, normal human beings can have limited forms of Wahi. Musa's mother, wa'uha'ina ila ummi Musa and al-Dha'ih. Bees, wa'uha'ina ila an-Nahlih. There are limited forms of communication between God and his creation. But the highest is either Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, speaks to his Khalifa on the earth through Jibrail. Or Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, may use dreams. Or Allah may inspire. So what you have there for, is that the angels realize at this moment that his knowledge is higher than ours. His knowledge is a God given knowledge. And therefore they all bound prostration before Adam, except Iblis. We'll say this shortly. Sujud to a human being. Is that not form of polytheism? Sujud can be divided into two. Sujud related to Ibadah is different from Sujud of Ta'azim. A Sujud of worship is only to Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. When you see Muslims five times a day, say Subhanah, Rabbi, Al-A'la, Wabi Hamdih. That is only to Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. The words are clear, Subhanah, Rabbi, Al-A'la. A Sujud of Ta'azim, Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, number one, a test of your obedience at this moment. Their obedience is being tested. Don't tell me I've done prayers for 6,000 years. It's a key lesson. How many prayers you prayed? It could only come down to one act of disobedience. And then all of these deeds are nullified. So a Sujud of Ta'azim, now sometimes people ask the question that if I'm going to Najaf or Karab Allah, sometimes you find people doing Sujud when they enter the mosque. And that Sujud sometimes can be seen towards the grave of that person buried in that land. And our Marajah are clear. If that Sujud is to that person, that's something not allowed. If that Sujud is thanking Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, for blessing us with the Ziyar of this person and that is allowed. So therefore the Sujud related to Ibadah is a Sujud different from Ta'azim. One is a Sujud of worship and another is a Sujud of reverence. Now you mentioned in the previous point that this Khilafa, especially because it was sent down given to Prophet Adam, alayhi salam, it was the Khilafa of knowledge. It was the Khilafa of knowledge. Now, is this Khilafa representative for humans or is it on a spiritual status as well? Yeah, it's twofold when Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says إني جاعلون فلالي خليفة there are, it depends on what context you're discussing this. If we're discussing for humanity in general, in its relation with the animal kingdom and the angels and the jinn and the plants, then the most honorable creation is the human being. For Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has created the spirit which he has breathed into that human being and made him his Khalifa on the earth. Something which the mountains and the heavens and the earth did not take, but the human took on that trust. And I think it's a great honor if we remind ourselves that we are the Khilafa of God on earth. So in some contexts, the human is seen as general. And then in others, this person is not just the Khalifa of Allah as a human, but rather he is also the Khalifa who represents the message of God on earth to the rest of humanity. Therefore that person is infallible. Therefore that person is one who receives their knowledge from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. That person is chosen by Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. There are certain areas such as knowledge, isma, nas, all go and surround the Khalifa of God on earth. So when, because I've heard of this tradition now, it says that the tradition mentions that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala created Adam from Allah's image. Now, is that not also a form of polytheism? Yeah, sometimes you hear this tradition, God created Adam in his own image or God created man in his own image. And I know that that's affected certain Christian beliefs, even some Muslim beliefs. There are some Muslims in the world who believe Allah has a face, Allah has hands, Allah has a shin. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala sits on a throne. We differ with them. When we say God created Adam in his own image, it means God created Adam in the image that was already ordained in the guarded tablet. Meaning that there was an image that was ordained for Adam and the children of Adam. And that, you know, we talk of the Lohan Mahfoor, the preordained guarded tablet. That was the image in which Adam was created. Nothing to do with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala being in any human or physical form. Okay, now with Iblis, with shaitan, now this can directly link to us, it can directly link to the viewers out there. It's a special case where envy and arrogance has now become such a big thing in our communities that people aren't able to essentially control it. Now, when is it that envy and arrogance kicked in for Iblis? When was it that moment where Iblis said, you know what, this creation is not better than me? No, like I said, Iblis recognized that Adam is created from clay and that he's created from fire. And that was the course of his expulsion. You know, from his highest state, he was lowered from that state. You know, he was in the company of the angels in the highest position, and then he was expelled. And he was expelled simply because of that moment of arrogance that he displayed. So he could not take the fact. And even makes it clear, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, if you want me to do sujood to you, I'll do sujood to you. But never to Adam. Obedience to Allah isn't on my terms. It's on the terms of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. If it was on my terms, we'll make a mockery of this religion. I'll say, ya Allah, I'll pray five times a day I'll fast in Ramadan. But if you don't mind the rest of you, I wanna drink alcohol, I wanna commit adultery, I wanna gamble and so on. No, there's a complete submission. And that's what Iblis lacks. And it's from that moment onwards that Iblis has this enmity that I was in the loftiest of positions. But you could be in the loftiest of positions with that drop of arrogance in you and that drop of envy, you could fall easily. But with that arrogance, you know, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala could have easily just destroyed Iblis, just there and then destroyed Iblis and we wouldn't have even heard from him. But why is it that Iblis asks from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and if, you know, what he asked from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala did Allah grant him that wish? And we could look on the other side. Did Prophet Adam ask anything from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and if he did, did Allah grant him his wish? Yeah, I think Nabi Adam could not believe if you look at certain traditions, Nabi Adam's asking questions, why is this Iblis not destroyed for this moment? And it seems the reply is that Iblis still did some good. Allah is so just, he doesn't forget that good. If Iblis was to ever ask for forgiveness for what he said to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala about Sujood to Adam, Allah would forgive him. Wow. Until now, if Iblis was to ask for forgiveness, but people like Iblis and others who've come from the children of Iblis in history, however many opportunities they have, they don't take them. So therefore Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, because Iblis, as we mentioned earlier, worshiped God for four to 6,000 years or more, Allah gave him that respite. There's been these conversations. Iblis begins to ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for certain things. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is ready to give him a number of things. I think the one area where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala does not give to Iblis is Iblis wants to be able to manifest himself as a prophet or as an Imam. And that Allah does not give him. Yeah. Nabi Adam witnessing Iblis in his fall, asking Allah and Allah still replying. Nabi Adam then begins to ask Allah himself for certain things. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grants Adam these things. Amongst them, for example, is O Adam, no one thing that your people, if they have a knee and intention to do a good deed, I will reward them for that intention. And if they do the good deed, we'll multiply it by 10. Know that with your people, whenever they ask for forgiveness, the doors of Toba are always open for them. So there's these interesting discussions that take place at this moment. Sayyidina, we're gonna take a couple of questions coming in from WhatsApp. The question is, my question is Shaitan misguides human beings and makes them disobey Allah. What made him disobey God? What made him disobey, his disobedience to God directly is not a disobedience in the sense of him having a problem with God. He just had a problem with God telling the dosajood to Adam, that he could not take. And that arrogance brought his downfall. Now why is it, now you mentioned that arrogance, that disease, why then let Iblis continue with that arrogance? 4,000 years he had worshiped Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And therefore because of that 4,000 years, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala honored him in which sense, in the sense that I'll let you live until the day that they are, raised. However the rest of the arrogance that he displayed after that, you know the Qur'an mentions his conversations. I'm gonna come to them from every angle, I'm gonna destroy them. He even says, He tries his hardest to deceive. And I think the main deception that is mentioned is the deception in relation to Adam and the tree. So there's a mention of God creating Eve from the rib of Adam, alaihi salam. That narration, would you be able to highlight? Yeah, no such thing. We don't believe in it. We don't believe in it. You know this whole idea that Eve was created from the rib of Adam. These are amongst the Isra'iliyat that can be found, not just in other schools but also within our school. And we reject this. The same clay Allah used, which we mentioned earlier, to create Nabi Adam from that same clay he created, Eve, alaihi salam. Now, how long was it that Eve and Adam resided in that garden of Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala? They had resided there for a seven hour period, according to many of the traditions. Shaytan sought to find a way to ruin what was happening. Remember the prophets of Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, all of them could look up to Nabi Adam. Nabi Adam really had no one to look up to. And therefore with Nabi Adam, alaihi salam, what you had was that him and Eve are living in this heavenly abode. There are different opinions as to what this heavenly abode is. Some say it's the jannah that we're going to go to after we die. Others say that it's somewhere on the earth. You've heard of serendipity. So they say there's an area called Sarandeep. Some say in Sri Lanka that that was where they were. Others say that somewhere between the heaven and the earth, a type of barzakhiram. There are different opinions irrespective that while Adam and Eve are in this garden, let's say, Iblis is trying his hardest to affect them, to tempt them. The narrations mentioned that Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, tells them enjoy whatever you want of that garden, except that tree. Be careful. The Quran mentions that he's going to deceive them and that if you're going to have anything from that tree, it's going to make you go to the earth and toil in the earth. It doesn't say I'm going to be angry with you. I'm going to punish you. You would have sinned. And that's the point about Nabi Adam, did he commit a sin? Firstly, he's in a heavenly abode. There's no sin in that area. There's sin on the earth because there's a shari'a, a particular legislative system. If I go against it, I commit a sin. In that heavenly abode, there's no sin. Therefore, there's no sin than Allah's command is not a command of prohibition. We have two types of commands. Amr Maulawi and Amr Ershadi. Command of prohibition, a command of recommendation. A command of prohibition is not in that heavenly abode. That serendipity, wherever that area is, it's not in that heavenly abode. So it's a command of recommendation. I recommend you, do not eat from that tree. I say to you, I recommend you, don't eat sweets from that shop because eating that many sweets is going to affect your health. When you eat the sweets from that shop, are you committing haram? No, but you're going against my recommendation. Imam Al-Baqir was asked, why would Nabi Adam, listen to shaytan? Why would he listen? Knowing what shaytan has done. And Imam Al-Baqir answers this in a beautiful way. Imam Al-Baqir says, nobody up until that point had sworn by Allah and lied. You know, we Iraqis, we love to say, wallah, wallah, wallahi, wallah, wallahi. Every second of the day, we say this, correct? We always are swearing by Allah. Other languages will say, billahi. Others say, tallahi. Others, if you don't want your parents to know that you're lying, you're saying wallahi. You're something like this. Everybody will be swearing by Allah now. Somewhat may lie. Up until that point, nobody has said, buy Allah if you eat from that tree. Nothing will happen to you. Nobody had ever said that and lied. Nabi Adam, therefore that whole discussion that occurred, that whole context was a context relating to an induction program, a training program. Some said, Adam's been expelled from heaven. Hold on. It was only half an hour ago that I said, the Quran says, Enni ja'alun fil ardi khalifa. Allah has chosen a khalifa on the earth. Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala when he says, I've chosen a khalifa on the earth. That means whatever Adam's gonna go through, he's still my khalifa. But now he's away. Yeah. Satan is the open enemy. Allah ma ahad ilaykum ya bani Adaman. La ta'budu shaytan. Inna hu lakum aduum mubeen. Wa an i'abuduni hadas raadum ustaqeem. Now Adam is away. Satan is the open enemy. Some said it was his wife Eve. That's the reason he committed a sin. And therefore all of the womankind was punished because of Eve. This is nonsense. Again, Isra'iliyat entering Islamic traditions. Adam and Hawa went through this induction program where they realized. Now you have certain theologians who looked at this issue. Why? Because if the Shi'a believed that every prophet is maqsoom, wasn't this a sin? We made it clear. Number one, it can't be a sin where it was. You know, you're not gonna be sitting in that heavenly garden, you know, wherever it may be. Secondly, it's not a command or prohibition. Command or prohibition relates to the world of teklif. The world of teklif relates to the earth. Adam is still not on the earth as God's khalifa. Thirdly, this concept of infallibility is a fundamental concept which has been alluded to with a discussion on turkul-aula. Interesting that you have this discussion of turkul-aula where we'll look at it with Adam, we'll look at it with Musa, we'll look at it with Isa, that he went for, instead of going for the recommended, he went for that which was good. He didn't go for that which was better. He left that which was better. That, again, is not seen as being a sin. Okay, so when you look at the idea did Adam commit a sin? Where was Nabi Adam, alaihi salam? That's not the world of sharia, not the world of teklif. Therefore, it was not a sin. However, they did leave that particular area to go into another area. Now say, just, you know, just quickly because we are quite running out of time, where was there a boat on earth? Oh, the boat on earth was within the vicinity of Mecca. Adam was on Mount Safa, Eve was on Mount Marwa. Safa, alaihi salam, alaihi salam, Ya'waritha, Adam, Safa. So even that line in Ziyarat-e-Wara, Safa, he was there. Eve was there on the hill cock of Marwa, Amra, lady, woman, Marwa. So she was there and they were, and there was a sense of sadness that they were away from, you know, they were away from that garden, but Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala ensured that surrounding them, they were the ones who actually, according to some opinions, begun the structure of the Ka'bah. The Hajar al-Aswad was placed within the first structure of the Ka'bah. And they were the ones who did the first Hajj. They went towards Arafa and it was near Arafa where he begins to ask Allah for forgiveness. Now, when he begins to ask Allah for forgiveness, Prophet Adam, alaihi salam, is known as one of the bakka'u, one of the cryers. You know, who were the other cryers? Why was he known as one of the cryers? And how did his repentance from the Lord get accepted? Well, some ask the question, if he's asking Allah for forgiveness, that must mean he must have sinned. No, not necessarily. We can never do justice to what Allah has given us in life. And if we for a second feel that we have not given that justice, then we keep asking Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, forgive us, we have not given you your Jewel. We didn't do enough Tasbih, we didn't do enough Salawat, we haven't read enough Qura'an. It's not because you committed a sin that you're saying Istighfar. You just feel that you should give much more back to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And, you know, he's there at Mount Arafah, standing there the way many of us stand there in the period of Hajj. And it's at that Mount Arafah around that area where he's asking Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. But interestingly, he asks Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala with five names mentioned. And this is fundamental. You can ask Allah directly. But when you mention Muhammad and al-Muhammad, Salawatullah wa salam al-Alema, it makes a huge difference to your dua. I always say to people, the tradition of the Holy Prophet, peace be upon his family, a dua has a veil on it. Salawat removes that veil. What does Adam say? He asks Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, Ya Allah, forgive me and my wife. And this is a wonderful supplication. And as you mentioned wonderfully, they're known as Bakkaun. Him, later we'll see Nabi Yusuf, Nabi Yaqum, Faqmah al-Zahra, Imam Zain al-Abideen. Not just talking to Allah, there is a tear shed when they talk to Allah. Nabi Adam establishes for us a number of different acts of worship. Salah is important to him. He does the tawaf. He stones Sheytan. Sheytan can't get to Adam anymore. Sheytan tried, Adam let the lesson, you're not coming near me anymore. So there are many wonderful lessons to be gained from that period of his life. So say, just quickly before we end the show, this is, I think this is a question that's been on everyone's mind. When you think of Adam and Eve, you think, they had this family, they created this family, Qabil, Habil. Okay, how many kids did they have? How did we procreate? Because Adam, Eve, Qabil, Habil, or maybe other children, but then surely to continue the human life, you need a form of partner to procreate. So how is it that they procreate? Yeah, they had a daughter by the name of Anaq. Anaq. And they had the son, Qabil, and another son, Habil, and another son who we're going to come to tomorrow who was known as Sheeth. Now, Anaq started off her life in a good way but then became extremely indecent, corrupted individual. But yes, people ask, hold on a minute, if there's no other humans on earth, then how do they procreate? How do we have the rest of humanity? The answer is very simple. The same Lord who created them can create species for them to marry. Simple as. We reject this incest and we throw it away. We have mentioned a number of Israelia today that have to be thrown out. Amongst them, Eve being created from the rib of Adam. Amongst them, the Adam's children slept with one another, had an incestual relationship. Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, can create creations who act as partners for this particular family. Procreation occurs from there. One line, Qabil's line continues and tomorrow's line we'll see with Prophet Sheeth, alaihi salam. So we reject these stories about brother and sister sleeping with each other so humanity continues. If incest is wrong today, it was wrong from the very beginning. Ah, I said the same. Sayyidna, let's just take a few questions from WhatsApp. Yep. This question coming in from New York City. My name is Rashid from NYC and I have a question. How come the angels question God's will when He decided to create Adam? Aren't they peace be upon them? It's supposed to be when they all are stated in the Quran. I think you answered that already. Now, in terms of Qabil and Habib, the two brothers, one was devout to Allah SWT. The other went directly against Allah SWT and as you mentioned their sister who later on became indecent. What was the story of Qabil? What led one to kill the other? Well, I think the first lesson we learn is just because you're a prophet of Allah doesn't mean your kids are all religious. Sometimes we imagine that when we hear a family has a religious surname, it means that everybody in that family is going to be religious. On the contrary, in the same way the fingers on our hands are all different in shapes and size. Likewise, the family members, you may find religious and non-religious. And Nabi Adam, inshallah, tomorrow's show we go towards his death and who succeeds him. But Allah SWT never leaves the earth without appointing a guide. And it's the role of the Khalifa to announce that next guide. You're just not just going to leave it to people who are going to choose people based on their own whims and desires. Qabil is the eldest son. He thinks he should be the leader. He doesn't realize Allah SWT doesn't choose you on the basis of you being the eldest son. He chooses those who are fit to look after his message. So what you have then is the second case of envy. Qabil hears that his father Adam announces that Qabil will succeed him. Has been chosen by Allah. Qabil cannot take this. And Subhanallah, how many times in life we see that there's fights between brothers, arguments between brothers, brothers who do not talk to one another and it continues that there are brothers until today who are willing to fight each other. In this case, not just fight. He wants to kill him. I'm going to kill you. And the reply of Qabil highlighted the piety of Qabil. The reply of Qabil was You put forward your hand to kill me. There's no way I'm putting forward my hand to kill you. Meaning that I don't want to start an altercation. You're actually going to kill me simply because I've been announced as the success of Nabi Adam. Nabi Adam says, okay both of you make an offering and there are different narrations about the offerings that they make. And insha'Allah on tomorrow night's show when we talk about the death of Qabil and then why Allah gifted sheath to Nabi Adam we'll see how these offerings, how they were accepted and then we'll see how the family continued from there. That was what the offerings were. Thank you very much Seidina. Thank you for your time tonight. Insha'Allah Iftar won't be too long for you. Insha'Allah I'd like to thank the viewers for tuning in to this live show with Dr. Seid Ahmad Naqshawani on this very beautiful and insightful topic starting with Prophet Adam and insha'Allah ending the 30 nights with Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him and his family. Insha'Allah join us tomorrow as we go in depth on Prophet Adam's son peace be upon him and his family. Peace be upon you.