Section 4 [Baqarah 2:30] And (remember) when your Lord said to the angels, "I am about to place My Caliph in the earth"; they said, "Will You place (as a caliph) one who will spread turmoil in it and shed blood? Whereas we glorify You with praise and proclaim Your Sanctity"; He said, "I know what you do not." [Baqarah 2:31] And Allah the Supreme taught Adam all the names (of things), then presented them to the angels, saying, "Tell Me the names of these, if you are truthful." [Baqarah 2:32] They said, "Purity is to You! We do not have any knowledge except what You have taught us! Indeed You only are the All Knowing, the Wise." [Baqarah 2:33] He said "O Adam! Inform them the names"; and when Adam had informed them their names, He said, "Did I not tell you that I know all the secrets of the heavens and the earth? And I know all what you disclose and all what you hide?" [Baqarah 2:34] And (remember) when We ordered the angels to prostrate before Adam, so they all prostrated, except Iblis (Satan - devil); he refused and was proud - and became a disbeliever. [Baqarah 2:35] And We said, "O Adam! You and your wife dwell in this Garden, and eat freely from it wherever you please - but do not approach this tree for you will become of those who transgress." [Baqarah 2:36] So the devil caused them to stumble in it and removed them from where they were - and We said, “Go down, one of you is an enemy to the other; and for a fixed time you shall stay on earth and feed in it.” [Baqarah 2:37] Then Adam learnt from his Lord
certain
words (of revelation), therefore Allah accepted his repentance;
indeed He only is the Most Acceptor of Repentance, the Most Merciful.
(See
Verse 7:23) |