Adam was the first man and
Prophet of Allah. Quran tells us
that Adam was created from
dust (Imran, 3:58). He was
created and was granted
inspiration (Hijr, 1:28). He was
created to rule on earth (Baqara,
2:30). Quran says that after
creation of Adam, Allah said to
the Angels: I am going to place a
ruler in the earth. They said: Will
Thou place in it such as would
make mischief in it and shed
blood? And we celebrate Thy
Praise and extol Thy Holiness, He
said: surely I know what you
know not.
And He taught Adam all the
names, then presented them to
the angels, and said: tell Me the
names of those if you are right.
They said: Glory be to Thee. We
have no knowledge but that
which Thou has taught us.
Surely Thou art the knowing, the
Wise.
Allah said: O Adam, inform them
of their names. So when he
informed them of their names.
Allah said: did 1 not say to you
that I know what is unseen in
the heavens and the earth? And
I know what you manifest and
what you hide.
And when We said to the angels:
be submissive to Adam, they
submitted, but Iblis (did not). He
refused and was proud, and he
was one of the disbelievers.
And We said: O Adam, dwell
thou and thy wife in the Garden,
and eat from it a plenteous
(food) wherever you wish, and
approach not this tree, lest you
be of the unjust.
Rut the Devil made them slip
from it, and caused them to
depart from the state in which
they were. And We said: go
forth, some of you are the
enemies of others. And there is
for you in the earth an abode
and a provision for a time.
Then Adam received (revealed)
Words from his Lord, and He
turned to him (mercifully).
Surely He is Oft-returning (to
mercy), the Merciful.
We said: go forth from this
state all. Surely there will come
to you a Guidance from Me, then
those who follow My Guidance,
no fear shall come upon them,
nor shall they grieve.
And (as to) those who
disbelieve in, and reject Our
Messages, they are the
companions of the Fire; in it
they will abide.
Adam lived in this world for
about 1000 years. After him his
son Shis, and after Shis his son
Noah, and after Nosh his son
Qalbitan, and after Qalbitan his
son Mehla'eel, was the successor,
and during the life time of all
these the belief in the Unity of
God was maintained.
After the death of Mehla'eel,
however, the Satan succeeded in
persuading his son to make an
idol of Mehla'eel for "Ziarat" for
all who visited his place. The
practice of "Ziarat" continued
for some time and thereafter
the idol-worship started and
took the form of religious
practice.
