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has given us the emergency procedure to take refuge: crouch down, i.e., PRAY!
May God continue to guide us to seek refuge in Him, observe the Contact Prayers and the rites of our religion, because they are our means of salvation in the face of Satan’s storm of disbelief on humanity.
[108:2] Therefore, you shall pray to your Lord (Salat), and give to charity.
[2:186] When My servants ask you about Me, I am always near. I answer their prayers when they pray to Me. The people shall respond to Me and believe in Me, in order to be guided.
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[7:22] He thus duped them with lies. As soon as they tasted the tree, their bodies became visible to them, and they tried to cover themselves with the leaves of Paradise. Their Lord called upon them: “Did I not enjoin you from that tree, and warn you that the devil is your most ardent enemy?”
In the Great Feud, we failed to uphold God’s absolute authority. All creatures became classified into angels, jinns, and humans. The Most Merciful knew some creatures deserved a chance to be redeemed into His Kingdom. He said to the angels, “I know what you do not know.” [2:30]
The first time I read 7:22, I thought the leaves of Paradise were physical. Then, I questioned myself:
Could they take the physical leaves of Paradise and bring them from Heaven to Earth? Something about it didn’t make sense. Years later, the word “tried” caught my attention, and it changed my understanding. The verse does not say that they took the leaves of Paradise from Heaven to Earth. The verse says they tried to cover themselves with the leaves of Paradise. My current understanding is that this event took place in Paradise. I just want to make it clear that it is just my current understanding of this verse. God is Teacher of the Quran; we ask him to increase our knowledge. We know that the descriptions of Heaven and Hell are allegorical. This helped with my current understanding.
[7:19] “As for you, Adam, dwell with your wife in Paradise, and eat therefrom as you please, but do not approach this one tree, lest you fall in sin.”
Our Most Merciful God after the great feud in the High Heaven, gave us another chance. God sent Adam and Eve to Paradise with the temporary garment of righteousness to be able to stay in Paradise. Without the garment of righteousness, they could not remain in Paradise. Which explains in 7:27 where it says the devil removed their garment.
As long as they did not lose that garment by committing sin, they would have been able to return to God.
[7:20] The devil whispered to them, in order to reveal their bodies, which were invisible to them. He said, “Your Lord did not forbid you from this tree, except to prevent you from becoming angels, and from attaining eternal existence.”
Satan thus duped Adam and Eve with falsehood, causing the removal of their garments to expose their real selves, their souls.
Adam and Eve saw their sinful selves. They were no longer clothed in the garment of righteousness. They realized that their souls were no longer in a state of righteousness.
[7:22] He thus duped them with lies. As soon as they tasted the tree, their bodies became visible to them,
and they tried to cover themselves with the leaves of Paradise. Their Lord called upon them: “Did I not enjoin you from that tree, and warn you that the devil is your most ardent enemy?”.
Adam and Eve felt guilt and shame after disobeying God. To restore what was lost, and to cover their guilt and shame, they tried to cover themselves using the nearest available materials, the leaves of Paradise, which symbolize righteousness.
A natural human response to sin is to try to hide their wrongdoing.
When Adam and Eve were in Paradise, before touching the forbidden tree, they had the garment of righteousness. After falling in sin by disobeying God, they thought they could stay in Paradise if they could cover themselves with materials of Paradise, and take back their garment of righteousness. But they realized that they could not.
[7:23] They said, “Our Lord, we have wronged our souls, and unless You forgive us and have mercy on us, we will be losers.”
Here, when Adam and Eve confessed their sins and asked for forgiveness, they still were in Paradise. In the next verse, God said, “go down.” Because they tried to get back the state of righteousness and go back to worshipping God alone, then God gave them another chance.
[7:24] He said, “Go down as enemies of one another. On earth shall be your habitation and provision for awhile”
[7:25] He said, “On it you will live, on it you will die, and from it you will be brought out.”
[7:26] O children of Adam, we have provided you with garments to cover your bodies, as well as for luxury. But the best garment is the garment of righteousness. These are some of GOD’s signs, that they may take heed.
[7:27] O children of Adam, do not let the devil dupe you as he did
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