Reflections on the Stories of The Quran

1. Reflections on the Stories of The Quran في رحاب قصص القرآن

3. يوسف Stories of The Quran قصص القرآن “We do relate unto you the most beautiful of stories, in that We reveal to you this Quran; before this, you were among those who knew it not.” Yusuf : 3

4. AdamPeace be upon him آدمعليه السلام

5. البقرة AdamPeace be upon him The Khalifa Behold, your Lord said to the angels: "I will create a vicegerent on earth." They said: “Will you place therein one who will make mischief and shed blood? While we do celebrate Your praise and glorify You?" He said: "I know what you know not."

6. البقرة AdamPeace be upon him The Khalifa Behold, your Lord said to the angels: "I will create a vicegerent on earth." They said: “Will you place therein one who will make mischief and shed blood? While we do celebrate Your praise and glorify You?" He said: "I know what you know not."

7. البقرة AdamPeace be upon him The Khalifa Behold, your Lord said to the angels: "I will create a vicegerent on earth." They said: “Will you place therein one who will make mischief and shed blood? While we do celebrate Your praise and glorify You?" He said: "I know what you know not."

8. AdamPeace be upon him The Khalifa عن ‏ ‏أبي موسى الأشعري ‏ ‏قال ‏ ‏قال رسول الله ‏ ‏صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ‏إن الله تعالى خلق ‏‏ آدم ‏ ‏من ‏‏ قبضة ‏ ‏قبضها من جميع الأرض فجاء بنو ‏‏ آدم ‏ ‏على قدر الأرض فجاء منهم الأحمر والأبيض والأسود وبين ذلك والسهل ‏ ‏والحزن ‏ ‏والخبيث والطيب ‏أحمد و أبو داوود و الترمذي

9. الروم الأنبياء AdamPeace be upon him The Khalifa And among His Signs is this, that He created you from dust (soil of the earth), and then behold you are human beings scattered! …We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?

10. ص AdamPeace be upon him The Creation Behold, the Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man from clay

11. الصافات AdamPeace be upon him The Creation Just ask their opinion: are they the more difficult to create, or the (other) beings We have created? Them have We created out of a sticky clay

12. الحجر AdamPeace be upon him The Creation We created man from sounding clay, from mud molded into shape;

13. الرحمن AdamPeace be upon him The Creation He created man from sounding clay like unto pottery

14. ص AdamPeace be upon him The Creation Allah said: "O Iblees! what prevents you from prostrating to the one whom I have created with My Own Hands? Are you haughty (arrogant)? or are you one of the high ones?"

15. AdamPeace be upon him The Khalifa عن ‏ ‏أبي هريرة ‏ ‏عن النبي ‏ ‏صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ‏قال ‏ ‏خلق الله ‏ ‏آدم ‏ ‏على صورته طوله ستون ذراعا فلما خلقه قال اذهب فسلم على أولئك النفر من الملائكة جلوس فاستمع ما يحيونك فإنها تحيتك وتحية ذريتك فقال السلام عليكم فقالوا السلام عليك ورحمة الله فزادوه ورحمة الله فكل من يدخل الجنة على صورة ‏ ‏آدم ‏ ‏فلم يزل الخلق ينقص بعد حتى الآن ‏ البخاري

16. AdamPeace be upon him The Khalifa The Prophet said, "Allah created Adam in his complete shape and form (directly), sixty cubits (about 30 meters) in height. When He created him, He said (to him), "Go and greet that group of angels sitting there, and listen what they will say in reply to you, for that will be your greeting and the greeting of your offspring." Adam (went and) said, 'As-Salamu Alaikum (Peace be upon you).' They replied, 'AsSalamu-'Alaika wa Rahmatullah (Peace and Allah's Mercy be on you) So they increased 'Wa Rahmatullah' The Prophet added 'So whoever will enter Paradise, will be of the shape and form of Adam. Since then the creation of Adam's (offspring) (i.e. stature of human beings is being diminished continuously) to the present time." Al-Bukhari

17. ص AdamPeace be upon him The Creation "When I have fashioned him and breathed into him of My spirit, then fall down in prostration unto him."

18. البقرة AdamPeace be upon him The Creation And He taught Adamthe names of all things; then He placed them before the Angels, and said: "Tell Me the names of these if you are indeed right."

19. البقرة AdamPeace be upon him The Creation He said: "O Adam! Tell them their names." When he had told them, Allah said: "Did I not tell you that I know the secrets of heavens and earth, and I know what you reveal and what you concealed?"

20. ص AdamPeace be upon him The Prostration 71. (Remember) when your Lord said to the angels: "Truly I am going to create man from clay".72. So when I have fashioned him and breathed into him (his) soul created by Me, then you fall down prostrate to him."73. So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them:

21. The First Sin المعصية الأولى

22. ص AdamPeace be upon him The First Disobedience 73. So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them: 74.Not so Iblees: he was arrogant (proud), and became one of those who rejected Faith (ungrateful). ص

23. ص The First Sin • Pride and Arrogance 73. So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them: 74.Not so Iblees: he was arrogant (proud), and became one of those who rejected Faith (ungrateful).

24. ص The First Sin • Ungratefulness 73. So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them: 74.Not so Iblees: he was arrogant (proud), and became one of those who rejected Faith (ungrateful).

25. الإسراء The First Sin • Envy  62. (Iblees) said: "See this one whom You have honored above me, if You give me respite (keep me alive) to the Day of Resurrection, I will surely seize and mislead his offspring, all but a few!"

26. الأعراف The First Sin • Lack of Submission  12. (Allah) said: "What prevented you (O Iblees) that you did not prostrate yourself, when I commanded you?" Iblees said: "I am better than him (Adam), You created me from fire, and him You created from clay."

27. الأعراف The First Sin • Obstinacy (Stubbornness)  12. (Allah) said: "What prevented you (O Iblees) that you did not prostrate yourself, when I commanded you?" Iblees said: "I am better than him (Adam), You created me from fire, and him You created from clay."

28. The First Sin • Pride and Arrogance • Ungratefulness • Envy • Lack of Submission • Obstinacy (Stubbornness)

29. In the Footsteps of The First Sin • Pride and Arrogance • Ungratefulness • Envy • Lack of Submission • Obstinacy (Stubbornness)

30. فصلت In the Footsteps of The First Sin • Pride and Arrogance Now the 'Ad behaved arrogantly through the land, against (all) truth and reason, and said: "Who is superior to us in strength?" What! did they not see that Allah, Who created them, was superior to them in strength? But they continued to reject Our Signs! Fusilat 15

31. الأعراف In the Footsteps of The First Sin • Ungratefulness "Do you wonder that there has come to you a Reminder from your Lord through a man from amongst you to warn you? And remember that He (Allah) made you successors after the people of Nuh (Noah) and increased you amply in stature. So remember the graces (bestowed upon you) from Allah so that you may be successful."Al-A’raf 69

32. القمر الزخرف In the Footsteps of The First Sin • Envy "Is it that the Message is sent to him (Salih), of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!" Al-Qamar 25 And they say: "Why is not this Quran sent down to some great man of the two towns (Makkah and Ta’if)?"Az-Zukhruf 31

33. البقرة In the Footsteps of The First Sin • Lack of Submission And (remember) when We took your covenant and We raised above you the Mount (saying), "Hold firmly to what We have given you and hear (Our Word)." They said, "We have heard and disobeyed." And their hearts absorbed (the worship of) the calf because of their disbelief. Say: "Worst indeed is that which your faith enjoins on you if you are believers." Al-Baqarah 93

34. الأحزاب In the Footsteps of The First Sin • Lack of Submission It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decreed a matter that they should have any option in their decision. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he is indeed on a clearly wrong misguided Path.Al-Ahzab 36

35. النمل In the Footsteps of The First Sin • Obstinacy (Stubbornness) And they rejected those Signs wrongfully and arrogantly, though they (in their souls) were convinced thereof: so see what was the end of those who acted corruptly! Al-Naml 14

36. آل عمران In the Footsteps of The First Sin • Obstinacy (Stubbornness) And those who, having done something to be ashamed of, or wronged their own souls, earnestly bring Allah to mind, and ask for forgiveness for their sins; and who can forgive sins except Allah? And are never obstinate in persisting knowingly in (the wrong) they have done. Aal Imran 135

37. In the Footsteps of The First Sin • Pride and Arrogance • Ungratefulness • Envy • Lack of Submission • Obstinacy (Stubbornness)

38. الأعراف The First Sin • The Expulsion of Iblees (Allah) said: "(O Iblees) get down from this, it is not for you to be arrogant here! Get out, for you are of those humiliated and disgraced!"

39. الحجر The First Sin • The Expulsion of Iblees 34. (Allah) said: "Then, get out from here, for verily, you are Rajim(an outcast or a cursed one).“ 35. "And verily, the curse shall be upon you till the Day of Recompense 36. [Iblees] said: "O my Lord! Give me then respite till the Day they (the dead) will be resurrected.“ 37. Allah said: "Then, verily, you are of those reprieved,  38. "Till the Day of the time appointed."  39. [Iblees] said: "O my Lord! Because you misled me, I shall indeed adorn the path of error for them (mankind) on the earth, and I shall mislead them all.

40. الحجر The First Sin • The Vow of Iblees 34. (Allah) said: "Then, get out from here, for verily, you are Rajim (an outcast or a cursed one).“ 35. "And verily, the curse shall be upon you till the Day of Recompense  36. [Iblees] said: "O my Lord! Give me then respite till the Day they (the dead) will be resurrected.“ 37. Allah said: "Then, verily, you are of those reprieved,  38. "Till the Day of the time appointed."  39. [Iblees] said: "O my Lord! Because you misled me, I shall indeed adorn the path of error for them (mankind) on the earth, and I shall mislead them all”.

41. الأعراف The First Sin • The Vow of Iblees 16. (Iblees) said: "Because You have sent me astray, surely I will sit in wait against them (human beings) on Your Straight Path.17. "Then I will come to them from before them and behind them, from their right and from their left, and You will not find most of them grateful to You 18. (Allah) said (to Ibis): "Get out from this, disgraced and expelled. Whoever of them (mankind) will follow you, then surely I will fill Hell with you all."