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find the greater part of themungrateful.'
'Begone!' said Allah. 'A despicable outcast. With those that follow
you I shall fill the pit of Hell.'
To Adam He said: 'Dwell with your wife in Paradise, and eat from
whatever you please; but never approach this tree or you shall both
become transgressors.'
But the devil tempted them, so that he might reveal to them that
which had been hidden from them of their shame. He said: 'Your Lord
has forbidden you to approach this tree only to prevent you from
becoming angels or immortals.' Then he swore to them that he would
give them friendly counsel.
Thus he cunningly seduced them. And when they had eaten of the
tree, their shame became visible to them, and they both covered
themselves with the leaves of the garden.
Their Lord called out to them, saying: 'Did I not forbid you to
approach that tree, and did I not warn you that the devil was your sworn
enemy?'
They replied: 'Lord. We have wronged ourselves. Pardon us and
havemercy on us, or we shall surely be among the lost.'
He said: 'Go hence, and may your descendants be enemies to each
other. The earth will for a while provide your sustenance and dwelling-
place. There you shall live and there you shall die, and thence you shall
be raised to life.'
Children of Adam! We have given you clothing with which to cover
your nakedness, and garments pleasing to the eye, but the finest of all
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