ONE AYAT A DAY
وَقُلْنَا يٰٓاٰدَمُ اسْكُنْ اَنْتَ وَزَوْجُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنْهَا رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَاۖ وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُوْنَا مِنَ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ
Wa qulnā yā ādamuskun anta wa zaujukal-jannata wa kulā minhā ragadan ḥaiṡu syi'tumā, wa lā taqrabā hāżihisy-syajarata fa takūnā minaẓ-ẓālimīn(a).
And We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."
Adam was honored againAllah honored Adam by commanding the angels to prostrate before him, so they all complied except for Iblis. Allah then allowed Adam to live and eat wherever and whatever he wished in Paradise. Al-Hafiz Abu Bakr bin Marduwyah reported Abu Dharr saying, "I said, `O Messenger of Allah ﷺ ! Was Adam a Prophet' He said,«نَعَمْ نَبِيًّا رَسُولًا كَلَّمَهُ اللَّهُ قُبُلًا»(Yes. He was a Prophet and a Messenger to whom Allah spoke directly), meaningاسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ الْجَنَّةَ((O Adam!) Dwell you and your wife in the Paradise.)"Hawwa' was created before Adam entered ParadiseThe Ayah (2:35) indicates that Hawwa' was created before Adam entered Paradise, as Muhammad bin Ishaq stated. Ibn Ishaq said, "After Allah finished criticizing Iblis, and after teaching Adam the names of everything, He said,يَـاءَادَمُ أَنبِئْهُم بِأَسْمَآئِهِمْ(O Adam! Inform them of their names) until,إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ(Verily, You are the Knower, the Wise.)Then Adam fell asleep, as the People of the Book and other scholars such as Ibn `Abbas have stated, Allah took one of Adam's left ribs and made flesh grow in its place, while Adam was asleep and unaware. Allah then created Adam's wife, Hawwa', from his rib and made her a woman, so that she could be a comfort for him. When Adam woke up and saw Hawwa' next to him, it was claimed, he said, `My flesh and blood, my wife.…