Mufti Menk – Did Adam AS Defy Allah

You and I know that Allah Almighty created

Adam

and told him don't eat from the tree.

Agreed?

Him and his wife, Allah

says, don't eat from this tree. That's it.

So in that place where they were made,

and there is a

big discussion as to where exactly it was.

Was it the Jannah that we are going

to go back to or was it a

different Jannah?

The more correct opinion is it was a

different garden that is called Jannah Tubtila.

It was a garden wherein which Allah wanted

to test

Adam and Hawa.

And he knew

that he is going to prohibit one thing,

and He knew what was going to happen,

but the broader purpose

was that Allah Almighty

send man to earth

in order to test them similarly knowing

that the best from amongst us will be

the one who repents immediately.

So therefore,

Adam

having spoken with Allah, created by Allah,

exactly as he was, in the sense that

he wasn't a baby who was born, no.

He was created already an adult.

Adam alaihis salam

was created already an adult.

And Allah says, We taught him all

the nouns and the names and everything he

needed to know to communicate.

We taught Adam

the names of everything. This is a tree,

this is a stone, this is this and

this is water and everything he already knew.

He came into creation, there was only one

thing that was prohibited. 1.

What was that?

The tree. Don't go close to this tree.

Don't eat from it.

And guess what happened? That's exactly what He

did.

You thought of it?

One thing, just one thing not allowed and

that's exactly what he did.

He did not defy Allah because he knew.

He had spoken to Allah. He knew Allah

better than you and I. You and I.