The tree of Eden

شجرة الخلد

The tree God forbade to Adam and his wife; Satan whispered 'the tree of immortality and a kingdom that never decays'; they ate, their nakedness appeared, and they began covering themselves with the leaves of the Garden — and God relented and guided.

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Environment and climateCosmology and creation

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Mentioned in
Qur'an 2:35· Qur'an 2:36· Qur'an 20:117· Qur'an 20:118· Qur'an 20:119· Qur'an 20:120· Qur'an 20:121· Qur'an 7:19· Qur'an 7:20· Qur'an 7:21· Qur'an 7:22· Qur'an 7:23

People and things also explored

The clouds· The earth· The moon· Mountains· Night and day· Rain· The shadow· The stars

Sources

  • Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
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Related

The clouds

The serviceable clouds between heaven and earth, piled masses through which lightning breaks and from which drops of hail descend; and the cloud that shaded Israel in the wilderness over the manna and the quails.