Allah, all praise and glory is to Him,
warns us against the trial of Satan. If we succeed in this trial no corruption
will occur, it only occurs if we fail in the trial. The trial is neither evil
or good, but it is a test that brings you goodness if you succeed and evil if
you fail in it.
This way warning against the devil came
through a practical experience lived by Adam and Eve before they came down to
the earth. An experience of obeying the entrusted duty of “Do and Do not do”.
The trial, as is the case with the enjoined duty, included a command and a
prohibition. The command dictated that Adam can eat from everything in the
garden wherein he lived, and the prohibition dictated that he should not draw
near one tree in this garden.
Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He,
informed Adam that Satan is an enemy to him, and that he would cause him to
fall into error. But in spite of this warning Adam and Eve ate from the tree
and their private parts appeared, for us to learn that any obedience to the
devil never brings goodness.
Allah, all praise and glory is to Him,
wants us to know that in Adam are two factors: the factor of humanity that may
do right or err, disobey and repent, and the factor of prophethood that is
infallible. Therefore, we must pay heed to the part of the Ayah saying (what
means):
“And Adam
disobeyed his Lord and erred.” (Tâ-Hâ, 20, 121)
Which is human nature. And the Saying
of The Most Exalted, which means:
“Then his Lord
chose him and turned to him in forgiveness and guided [him].” (Tâ-Hâ, 20, 122)
Which is the guidance with which the
prophets from the offspring of Adam would be sent. Therefore, we should not
wonder saying: how did Adam disobey his Lord while being a prophet, because the
disobedience of Adam happened before prophethood.
After disobedience came prophethood and
guidance. Thus, humanity is divided into two: prophets who convey to people the
Law on behalf of Allah, who are infallible; and others to whom Allah conveys
His Law, who obey, disobey and repent. No one should say or claim that Adam
descended to the earth because of his disobedience, because Allah has created
him and his offspring to live on the earth and has forbidden them and warned them
against the temptation of Satan, in His Saying, “O children of Adam, let not Satan tempt you,” this warning is
addressed to mankind.
Allah, The Most Exalted and Ever-Majestic, did not command Satan not to tempt the Children of Adam. Had He thus ordered Satan he would have diverged from his mission in life and life would not have been an abode of trial as Allah willed for it to be, causing the creatures given the power of free choice either to enter Paradise or Hellfire, we seek refuge with Allah from the latter.
Allah, The Most Exalted and Ever-Majestic, did not command Satan not to tempt the Children of Adam. Had He thus ordered Satan he would have diverged from his mission in life and life would not have been an abode of trial as Allah willed for it to be, causing the creatures given the power of free choice either to enter Paradise or Hellfire, we seek refuge with Allah from the latter.
Therefore, the trial of Satan that
mankind is put though is part of what Allah has decreed in worldly life. But
some people wonder about the Saying of Allah, all praise and glory is to Him,
(which means):
“And Abraham
instructed his sons [to do the same] and [so did] Jacob, [saying], ‘O my sons,
indeed Allah has chosen for you this religion, so do not die except while you
are Muslims.’” (Al-Baqarah, 2: 132)
The prohibition here is for mankind and
the question is: do people have choice in death? Can they specify its time,
date and place so that they can only die while they are Muslims? The answer is
that the Truth, Blessed and Exalted is He, wants to draw our attention to the
fact that death comes suddenly at any moment, so you have to be Muslim all the
time, so that death never suddenly overtakes you, except while you are Muslim.
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