Assalamu Alaikum. Walaikum Assalam Baba. My son.
. Do you want to hear the stories of the Prophets today? Stories of Prophets?
Masha Allah. . !
That sounds great Please tell me Baba. . Inshah Allah.
. ! How about I tell you the story of the first Prophet to live today?
Do you want to hear that story? The story of the first Prophet. .
? Masha Allah. .
. ! Please tell me the story Baba.
. Hahaha. .
Alright. Now before I start the story let me ask you a question. This is getting very interesting.
Go ahead Baba. . Ask me the question Alright.
. now tell me Do you know who was the first man to live on earth? Can you give me a clue, please.
. ? Hahaha.
. Alright, here are some options. Was it Adam (AS), Kane or Iblis?
I know the answer. It was Adham (AS) Masha Alllah. .
You are right my son! Alright, now let me start the story Bismillah. .
! A long long time ago. .
Allah (T) created the sun. The moon, and the earth. After creating these, he saw that his creation was incomplete.
So he asked his angels to collect clay from the earth. The obedient angels collected clay and Allah made a man like figure with it. And the god named him Adam (AS) But the figure didn't move for forty long years.
It just stood still there. When Iblis saw this figure, he was confused and scared. And after forty long years one day.
. Allah (T) breathed his spirit into Adham (AS)! When the spirit reached the head of the figure, it sneezed.
When the spirit reached his eyes, he saw all the amazing food lying around. Then the spirit reached his stomach. And Adham (AS) felt hungry.
The Prophet had seen the fruits lying around So before the spirit could even reach his legs, he jumped towards the fruits. Adham (AS) fell down as he couldn't move his legs. Then, Allah asked all the angels including Iblis to prostrate before Adham (AS) as a sign of respect.
One by one all the angels prostrated before the Prophet except Iblis! Iblis said that he was better than the Prophet and he was made from fire. Allah got angry with this disobedience so he banished Iblis from paradise.
From that day, Iblis was called as the Shaytan! And he was thrown into the hell! Shaytan was now very angry with the humans as he was banished from the paradise.
Because of them, he wowed to take revenge by misleading the humans. Allah then taught Adam the names of every animal in paradise. The lion, the sheep, camel Elephant,dove,peacock and many many more.
. Allah told the Prophet that he was allowed to eat every fruit in the garden except one. God told the Prophet that he should not eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge and that it was forbidden and he spent most of his time playing with the animals in paradise.
After a few years, the Prophet became lonely as there were no other humans in paradise. Allah (T) saw this. So he decided to give Adam (AS) a wife.
That night when the Prophet was sleeping God created the first woman. When the Prophet woke up he was happy to see the woman He then named her Hawwa, because she was made from something living. Both of them lived happily in paradise for a long time.
Shaythan was still angry at the humans. Many years had passed by. So Shaytan knew that the Prophet must have forgotten the words of Allah (T) One day.
. made a plan that would banish the Prophet and his wife from paradise. Shaytan came to the paradise and tricked the Prophet and his wife into eating the forbidden fruit.
The Prophet and his wife unknowingly plucked the fruit and started eating it. But even before they could finish eating the fruit they knew they had committed a grave sin. They were now filled with pain Sadness and shame After eating the fruit of forbidden knowledge they realized they were naked.
For they ran to cover themselves upon leaves They were now really scared. As they knew Allah would punish him for their disobedience. When Allah (T) came to know about this he got angry.
He got angry And the Prophet and his wife were thrown out of the paradise. The Prophet and his wife walked for a very long time And they finally settled down near a river. The Prophet knew that the life on earth was going to be very difficult He had to make a house for them to live.
He had to work hard to feed his family. They, now no longer have the pleasures they enjoyed in paradise After a few years Hawwa gave birth to twins- a boy and a girl. They named the boy Qabil and later Hawwa gave birth to another twins.
Again a boy and a girl This time they named the boy Habil. Both Habil and Kabil grew up Qabil took to farming working in the fields and growing crops When Habil grew up he became a shepherd and took care of the sheeps. When Habil and Qabil grew up to become adults the Prophet decided to get them married.
Since there were no other females on earth Prophet decided to get Qabil married to Habil's twin and Habil to Qabil's twin Qabil's twin sister was beautiful. while Haabil's sister was not that beautiful Qabil was not happy with the arrangement And he wanted to marry his own sister. There was an argument And the Prophet decided to settle the issue by offering a sacrifice to Allah (T) It was decided that the one who's sacrifice is accepted will marry Qabil's sister.
Habil collected the best lamb from his cloak and offered it as a sacrifice to Allah (T) But Qabil didn't want to offer the best fruits and vegetables as sacrifice. Instead he chose the bad vegetables and grains for sacrifice Allah (T) accepted the sacrifice of Habil. But rejected the one made by Qabil.
The Prophet was present when they made their sacrifices. And it was decided that Habil would marry Qabil's sister. But Qabil was not at all happy He was so angry that he wanted to kill Habil One day Habil was late coming home.
And the Prophet send Qabil to search for him Qabil went searching for Habil and he went to the fields looking for Habil. Atlast he found Habil walking towards home Qabil was still angry with Habil. "Your offering was accepted but mine was not" to which Haabil replied "Allah only accepts from those who fear him.
" Qabil was angry to hear this and he picked up a stone to hit Habil Habil saw this and eventhough he was bigger and stronger than Qabil He said," Even if you stretch your hand to kill me I will never stretch my hands to harm you. Because I fear Allah" This comment further angered Qabil, and he struck him with the stone, instantly killing him! When Qabil realized that Habil was dead, he was terrified and didn’t know what to do!
He didn’t want his father to know what he has done, so he started thinking about ways to hide his sin. Qabil wandered from place to place with the dead body of Habil trying to hide it. That was when he saw two crows fighting with each other.
During the fight, one crow killed the other, and the dead one fell down. The victorious crow then scratched and dug a hole in the ground! He buried the dead crow in the hole he had dug.
Then he filled the hole with mud. This gave Qabil an idea, and like the crows, he dug a hole on the ground, and buried his brothers body in it. This was the first burial of a man.
Qabil was ashamed of what he had done. Shaytan had won over him, and he knew that he could no longer go back to his family. The prophet knew what had happened and he mourned the loss of his son.
He had lost both his sons- one was dead, and the other was misled by Shaytan! He warned his other children about Shaytan, and asked them to always obey the commands of Allah (T) After a long long time, the prophet had many more children! The prophet had grown old, and his children loved him very much.
When Adam (AS) realized that his death was near, he appointed Seth as the successor to his family At the time of his death, the angels came to his house and stood beside him. When the prophet realized that the angel of death had arrived, he smiled peacefully and passed away Masha Allah, that was such a wonderful story! Alhamdulillah.
. I’m glad you liked this story Now shall I ask you a few questions to see if you remember the story? Of course yes!
Go on. . ask me!
Hmmm. . Now tell me the name of the first human god had created It was Adam (AS) That’s great dear.
. And tell me the name of his wife It was Hawwa! You’ve got that right Alright, now for the next question.
Tell me why the prophet was banned from the paradise? They were banned because they ate the fruit of forbidden knowledge. That’s why God threw them out of the paradise.
Isn't that right Baba? That’s correct my dear! Now for the next question.
Tell me the names of the Prophet’s first sons It was Qabil and Habil Masha Allah. . You are giving all the right answers my son!
Hmm. . let me see if you can answer this one.
What was the profession of Qabil? Hmmm. .
he was a farmer! That’s correct! And now for the last question- Whom did the prophet appoint as the successor to his family?
Oh. . Can you give me some clues baba?
Ha haa. . Alright, here are the clues Was it Qabil, Habil, or Seth?
Seth! It was Seth Baba! Isn't that right?
Yes dear. . Alhamdullilah you are such a bright boy.
Now that’s all for today. Inshallah, I will tell you another story tomorrow Ma as-salama Good night Baba. .