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THE QUR'ÂN.
XX, 115-128.
Adam,' they adored, save Iblis, who refused. And we said, O Adam! verily, this is a foe to thee and to thy wife; never then let him drive you twain forth from the garden or thou wilt be wretched. Verily, thou hast not to be hungry there, nor naked! and, verily, thou shalt not thirst therein, nor feel the noonday heat !'
But the devil whispered to him. Said he, O Adam ! shall I guide thee to the tree of immortality, and a kingdom that shall not wane?'
And they eat therefrom, and their shame became apparent to them; and they began to stitch upon themselves some leaves of the garden ; and Adam rebelled against his Lord, and went astray.
[120] Then his Lord chose him, and relented towards him, and guided him. Said he, 'Go down, ye twain, therefrom altogether, some of you foes to the other. And if there should come to you from me a guidance; then whoso follows my guidance shall neither err nor be wretched. But he who turns away from my reminder, verily, for him shall be a straitened livelihood ; and we will gather him on the resurrection day blind!'
[125] He shall say, 'My Lord! wherefore hast Thou gathered me blind when I used to see ?' He shall say, 'Our signs came to thee, and thou didst forget them; thus to-day art thou forgotten !
Thus do we recompense him who is extravagant and believes not in the signs of his Lord; and the torment of the hereafter is keener and more lasting!
Does it not occur to them? how many generations
1 The Meccans.
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