SIAPA { atau APA KAH} ADAM DALAM QURAN 3:31?
رَبِّ ٱشْرَحْ لِى صَدْرِى
وَيَسِّرْ لِىٓ أَمْرِى
وَٱحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِى
يَفْقَهُوا۟ قَوْلِى
So the subject is, “Who or what was adam” and as you notice, I say what and I say adam with a lower case letter, not a capital letter. And you will see Insha Allahh why we do this. So as I said, this is segment part 2.6 from the series. I encourage you if you have not seen the earlier parts of the series to go back and watch them before you continue with this segment.
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The purpose of this series is to explore how we learn from Zikr from the Quranic stories and the parables in the Quran, which as you remember, constitutes about 60% of the whole Quran. In this segment, Inshallah, we're going to continue the discourse on Zikr, how the Abrahamic locution is extracted from the Zikr specifically, in this case from in the story of adam the very first mention of adam in Surah Al Baqarah is 31.
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Al-Baqarah 2:31
وَعَلَّمَ اٰدَمَ الْاَسْمَآءَ كُلَّهَا ثُمَّ عَرَضَهُمْ عَلَي الْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ ۙ فَقَالَ اَنْۢبِـُٔوْنِيْ بِاَسْمَآءِ هٰۤؤُلَآءِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ
We will do multiple nested interpretations, specifically for the expression عَرَضَهُمْ عَلَي which is part of Ayat 31. We will dive into the description of the concept of adam, there will be a lot of different surprises so Inshallah you will be patient, you will be open-minded, you will allow your cup to be totally empty and available for Allah (swt) to deposit new knowledge that you have not thought about, you have not considered before.
This is going to be a little bit of a shock that adam is not the first human being according to the Quran, and we're gonna see clear evidence for this Insha Allah in this segment and in future segments.
As usual, we will have multiple gifts in this segment Insha Allah that we will get to very soon. So before we start, we assume that you remember, this is part of the series so, please watch the earlier parts of this series, you really need to empty your cap and forget everything you thought you knew about adam and the story of adam, and the story of the creation and the story of the vicegerance and the Khalifah and all of these details, please put them aside, allow your mind to be totally in a reception mode to listen to what the Quran itself says about itself and its own stories. So, Inshallah, we're gonna dive into this, this is an academic presentation, this is not for entertainment purposes. we dive into a lot of technical details. We provide a lot of the evidence for opinions that we provide. Remember, this channel is not to give you an opinion, this channel is not to give you the answers as to what the story represents.
This channel is to teach you the methodology, the self-correcting methodology “Assirat Al-Mustqeem”, which is deposited by Allah subhanahu wa Ta’ala within the Quran. So, therefore, we use the Quranic methodology to extract all sorts of knowledge and to make ourselves available to receive guidance directly from Allah subhanahu wa Ta’ala.
We rely heavily on the concept of the Abrahamic locution. If you're not familiar with this, you're not going to understand anything in this segment. So please go back to the channel there is a playlist called the Abrahamic locution. You can watch it to familiarize yourself with the concept and then you will be in a position to benefit from this segment and others on this channel.
Please, please do not comment or ask questions, unless you have seen the whole segment. Why is this discussion important?
Why are we so keen to discuss the story of adam? It is not frivolous to discuss the story of adam it is not mythology. It's something very important. Because the books of Tafsir have made a huge point of stressing the belief that adam as defined in the Quran is the first human being ever created by Allah subhanahu wa Ta’ala.
And this is scientifically absolutely not true. We know from science and discoveries and archaeology, that there are human beings who existed in colonies, in communities as far back as 400,000 years. And therefore if they existed in colonies and communities 400,000 years ago, they probably would have been on Earth at least a million years ago. As a matter of fact, there are some archaeological digs that prove that certain fragments of skeleton bones, the skeleton representatives of humanoids, human-like creatures existed as far back as 3 million or three and a half million years ago.
So Science is definitely a factor that we need to take into consideration. And if some of our predecessors have made mistakes in their assumptions about what the Quran said, based on their limited knowledge, then it does not mean that we should stay in the same path and insist based on their lack of knowledge that the Quran is saying the wrong things.
And therefore it is up to us to go back and revisit what the Quran really truly says and alhamdulillah armed with the Quranic methodology, we have the opportunity to dive into the Quran and really understand what the Quran is trying to say.
Now, our discussion has been preceded by many, many different scholars throughout the Islamic tradition, who have questioned whether the adam who is mentioned in the Quran is really truly the very first human being ever created by Allah, starting with
Imam Jaafar As-Sadiq. Who, by the way, both Sunni and Shia respect, and highly honored, Imam Al-Razi, Imam Jaafar As-Sadiq. Muhyid-din-Ibn-Arabi had several mentions of this fact. As-Suyuti, Jalaluddin As-Suyuti who died in 911 Hijri. So relatively recently, has discussed this concept. And finally, Dr. Abdus Sabur Shahin, who died a few years ago, a famous Az-Hari, Imam and teacher, and professor in Al-Azhar has written a very famous book called Abi adam, My father, adam. In which he detailed exactly how the Quran could very well be pointing us to understand that the origin of human beings go way back than 6000 or 7000 years, to which the corrupted version of the Torah insists that's the beginning of humanity.
And therefore, there is no sense for Muslim scholars to hang on to a version of creation that was actually brought from the corrupted version of the Torah, we have to really understand what the Quran itself is telling us or is not telling us. And therefore, limit ourselves and be disciplined to exactly what the Quran says. So this is the motivation for having a discussion about adam.
Today in this segment, we're not going to be able to discuss, of course, all of the stories of adam, we're barely going to scratch the surface, the beginning this is just an introduction, using one Ayah from Surah Al Baqarah. There are a couple of dozen Ayaat in the whole Quran discussing many different aspects of adam and possibly the creation of human beings as we shall see Inshallah in future segments.
So in summary, when we approach the Quran to learn, especially about stories that have some significant scientific shadows, or implications, or verifiability, we have to be really careful that we don't seek to confirm the version of the story that was brought from the corrupted version of the Torah. That's not our job. On this channel, we don't teach the Torah, we teach the Quran. If you are interested in learning the version of the story that was brought from the corrupted version of the Torah, this channel is not for you. This channel is for those who are really interested in what Allah subhanahu wa Ta’ala told us in the Quran and nothing else.
So this is what we're going to focus about. We should not assume that the Quran provided explicit knowledge about this story or any other story.
The fact that the Quran does not mention dinosaurs, at least by name. It does not mean that Allah does not know about dinosaurs, or that dinosaurs are not part of Allahh’s creation. The same thing if it shows that the Quran never mentioned clear details about the beginning of creation of human beings. It does not mean that Allah does not know about this.
The Quran is not an encyclopedic knowledge of all history of all people of all times of all places of all creations etc. The Quran is a very selective book of methodology that helps us receive guidance. So using the knowledge from the Quran, Allah subhanahu wa Ta’ala provides us guidance for us to seek extra knowledge and extra information and extra sciences and we have to keep that in mind.
Finally, we should not assume the Quranic text encapsulates all of Allah’s knowledge, it does not. The Quranic text is only a created part that represents part of Allah’s knowledge through this part, through this Quranic scripture. If we engage it and do “Tadabbor”, then Allah subhanahu wa Ta’ala provides us “Almaa”, the divine rain, the divine water, which enables us to think and discover and learn all sorts of new additional knowledge.
One more reminder that we need to keep in mind, none of these issues that we're discussing represent Aqeedah. This is not about Aqeedah of Tawheed. This is not about the knowledge that allows us to get into Jannah or prevents us from getting into Jannah. This is not knowledge that is clearly spelled out as part of our “Imaan”. So if we learn the right things or we make “Ijtihad” we strive to extract new knowledge with regards to some subjects, such as about adam. We may make mistakes, or we may reach the right conclusions. Either way, this has nothing to do with what we believe about Allah and “Tawheed”; and the oneness of Allah, or the abilities of Allah and the attributes of Allah. Those are separate things. “Aqeedah” is a different thing.
These are stories, stories that relate to history, perhaps, that relate to wisdom, that relate to knowledge about ourselves, all of these things could be right or partially right or even wrong. And still, we may end up being accepted by Allah subhanahu wa Ta’ala to enter Jannah so we have to keep that in mind that we're not focused on Aqeedah matters.
We are focused on learning additional things in order to honor and respect the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Quran.
I want to remind you that it is very important not to make claims about Prophet Muhammad Salah Wa Sallam having said things above and beyond what the Quran specifically said that is because the Ayah that we've seen before from
Al-Haqqah 69:44
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْاَقَاوِيْلِ ۙ
Had he, Muhammad Salah Wa Sallam, added any Declaration on top of our declarations in the Quran.
Al-Haqqah 69:45
لَاَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِيْنِ ۙ
We would have punished him
Al-Haqqah 69:46
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِيْنَ ۫ۖ
and then we would have severed his life vein,
Al-Haqqah 69:47
فَمَا مِنْكُمْ مِّنْ اَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حٰجِزِيْنَ
and then none of you would have been a shield being able to protect him.
Therefore, Allah subhanahu wa Ta’ala is clearly telling us Muhammad would never say things beyond what the Quran said. So, as a “Nabbi”, as a prophet, he may have been able to extract new applications of “Tashri3” of “halal and haram” to apply them within the society and within the environment in which he lived.
But as a Rasool, he would never add additional details such as, for example, whether or not adam had a wife. Quran never mentions this. We will see this Inshallah. I know the Quran talks about “Zawj” but “Zawj” as we shall see, simply means couple or pair. It does not necessarily represent a male and female couple or a male and female married couple. So specifically Allah subhanahu wa Ta’ala use the word “Zawj” in so many different aspects including the aspects of plants, for example, Allah subhanahu wa Ta’ala use the word “Zawj”, for many different purposes, and one of them is used in the case of adam as we shall see, to mean something very specific to the application of adam, that we will learn about Inshallah.
So our beloved Prophet Muhammad (saw) would never complement the Quran with additional information of “Ghayb” of undisclosed knowledge, especially knowledge that is claimed by the corrupted version of the Torah. Prophet Muhammad (saw) would never do that. So we have to be really careful not to attribute narrations and stories and details about stories of the Quran that were supposedly supplemented by the Prophet Muhammad (saw), from his own knowledge or from extra knowledge outside the Quran.
We have to be really careful this Ayah, telling us clearly the Prophet Muhammad (saw) is never supposed to supplement additional knowledge that Allah (swt) did not provide within the Quran.
Another reminder that we have to bring to the table is the concept of Baudah which we discussed in a prior segment called What is with the mosquito part 2.4 of this same series that we're in. And if you remember, Ba3udah or Ba3udatun that one is a group of people from Bani Issrail group of people from Bani Issrail, not all of them, who are divided among themselves, and yet they regularly actively seek to divide others to create enmity among others, and they regularly cause harm, bite, injecting a certain liquid, and insinuations and false knowledge that causes harm to others.
Al-Baqarah 2:30
وَاِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اِنِّيْ جَاعِلٌ فِي الْاَرْضِ خَلِيْفَةً ؕ قَالُوْۤا اَتَجْعَلُ فِيْهَا مَنْ يُّفْسِدُ فِيْهَا وَيَسْفِكُ الدِّمَآءَ ۚ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ ؕ قَالَ اِنِّيْۤ اَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُوْنَ
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