Adam and Iblis: The Complete Story

About this video

The whole story of Adam (peace be upon him) and Iblis, gathered in order from its seven tellings in the Qur'an: the announcement to the angels, creation from clay, the names, the prostration and the refusal, the Garden and its one tree, the whisper, the two answers, and the descent with a promise of guidance. It also checks the popular details that are not authentic — Azazil, the serpent and the peacock, the tree's name, the landing places, giant heights, 'Hawwa ate first' — with the classical verdicts, and compares the account respectfully with Genesis. Framing is drawn, with attribution, from Ibn Kathir, al-Qurtubi, Ibn Jarir at-Tabari and al-Hasan al-Basri, and from lectures by Dr Israr Ahmed, Maulana Ishaq and Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza.

Chapters

1. 0:00Qur'an 7:12 · 7:23 · two answers
2. 0:18Qur'an 2:30 · Surah al-Baqarah
3. 0:40Qur'an 15:28–29 · Surah al-Hijr
4. 1:05Sahih al-Bukhari · the first salam
5. 1:33Qur'an 2:31–32 · the names
6. 1:59Qur'an 7:12 · Surah al-A'raf
7. 2:25Angel or jinn? · Qur'an 18:50
8. 3:00Qur'an 7:16–17 · the vow
9. 3:23Qur'an 2:35 · the Garden and one tree
10. 3:50Qur'an 20:121–122 · Surah Ta Ha
11. 4:25Two answers · Qur'an 7:23
12. 4:57Qur'an 2:38 · the descent and the promise
13. 5:20Honesty note · Isra'iliyyat
14. 5:57Honesty note · popular details
15. 6:38Genesis 2–3 · what agrees, what differs
16. 7:06Genesis 3 · Romans 5:12 · inherited sin?
17. 7:37Qur'an 7:27 · O Children of Adam
18. 7:58Recap
19. 8:12Two answers

Sources in this video

• Qur'an 2:30–38, 3:59, 6:164, 7:12–27, 14:22, 15:26–29, 18:50, 20:115–122, 53:38, 55:14
• Sahih al-Bukhari 3326, 4485
• Sahih Muslim 2996
• Sunan Abi Dawud 4693 (Sahih, al-Albani)
• Tafsir Ibn Kathir on 2:30, 2:31, 2:34, 2:35, 2:36, 2:37, 7:12, 7:24, 18:50, 34:21
• al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya 1/78, 1/80, 1/92
• Tafsir al-Qurtubi on 2:34, 2:36
• World English Bible: Genesis 2:7, 2:17–20, 3:6–7, 3:12–13, 3:19; Romans 5:12
• Life of Adam and Eve 12–16 (tr. L.S.A. Wells, ed. R.H. Charles, 1913)