If Satan was expelled from Paradise, who made Hz. Adam eat the forbidden fruit?
Dear Brother / Sister,
There is not much information about Satan’s entering Paradise and approaching Hz. Adam and Hz Hawwa (Eve) in the Quran and sound hadiths.
Hasan Basri says,
“Satan managed to send delusions from the earth to the sky or to Paradise with the power Allah gave him.”
According to this meaning, it can be said that the concept snake is a simile for vital power that is poisonous like a snake for man and that a real snake is not understood.
Some tafsir scholars state the following:
“Adam and Hawwa sometimes approached the gate of Paradise and Satan watched them from outside; he approached them and caused delusion.”
Satan’s being expelled from Paradise will not prevent him from sending delusions; therefore, we can conclude that there is no contradiction regarding the issue. Allah made Hz. Adam hear the delusion of Satan as a necessity of testing.
Resources:
- Hamdi Yazır, Hak Dini Kur'an Dili,
- Diyanet İslam Ansiklopedisi.
Questions on Islam
- How did Satan manage to tempt Adam to eat the forbidden fruit though he had been expelled from Paradise?
- Were Hz. Havva (Eve) and Hz. Adam married? Why were they expelled from Paradise?
- Who ate the forbidden fruit of Paradise at first, Adam or Eve? Is there any knowledge concerning this?
- Who ate the forbidden fruit of Paradise at first, Adam or Eve? Is there any knowledge concerning this?
- Do the verses of 36-38 shows that there was someone other than Hz. Adam and Hz. Havva (Eve) when they were expelled from Paradise?
- After making wudu, I have delusions as if urine comes out. What should I do?
- What if our father Adam would have not ever been eat that fruit?
- Did Hz. Adam come from Paradise with his body or did his spirit come to the world and his spirit was clad in the body in this world?
- What does Hz. Adam and Hz. Hawwa's getting down to the world with enmity mean? Who are the enemies mentioned in the phrase: "get down with enmity between yourselves"?
- What was the name of the tree whose fruit was forbidden in Paradise?
