SATANIC TEMPTATIONS IN ATTRACTIVE FORMS

VERSE NO. 19 - 22

      Here is another part of Adam's story that; after his creation and the incident of the angels and Satan in prostration; he was placed in the Garden of Bliss and innocence:

      ``And, O, Adam! Dwell you and your wife in the Garden. Therein you may eat of whatever you wish, except this tree, which you are forbidden to eat from its fruit, or even to approach it.''

      According to some Islamic traditions, the said Garden in which Adam dwelled, was not the promised Paradise which is the abode of the believers after the Day of Doom.

      Adam and Eve lived happily in that Garden of felicity for a short period. When Satan who was expelled on account of his jealousy and pride, interrupted their prosperity, and fixed his alluring troops in their way, he began with temptations, and made use of their weak points such as their love for immortality. Satan approached the couple in the form of friendship and a sincere advisor, and swore by the great name of Allah that he was their faithful well-wisher! And so he seduced them to eat of the forbidden fruit.

      Adam who had not enough experience, how could he believe that a creature dare to swear by the Creator, to prove a lie!?

      As soon as they ate the forbidden fruit, they were undressed and stripped off from their rank and the sacred garment by which they were clothed and covered in the Garden; and at once their privy parts was revealed to them- they were naked! Quranic verses imply that Adam and Eve were dressed with some sort of clothing in that Garden of Bliss; but when they ate of the forbidden fruit, they became bare. Contrary to this, it is cited in the old Testement, ``that they were completely nude but they were not embarrassed! When they ate of the forbidden tree which was the knowledge of good and bad; it was made known to them that they were naked and uncovered, and they began to hide their privy parts with large leaves that they could find.''