Interesting.
Got a response to that, amy?
I will respond but only because I like you. I’ve set Angelos on my “ignore” list and I don’t read or respond to his posts. He just kinda goes around in circles and I don’t have time for that. But since YOU asked, I’ll answer.
- The name “Eve” is missing from the Koran. The Islamic scripture always marks the first woman as Adam’s wife with no specific name.
- The Koran does not narrate how and why Adam’s wife was created . The account of genesis in the Islamic scripture focuses on the creation of Adam alone.
- According to the Koran, Allah forgives only Adam although He puts enmity between Adam and his wife.
(1a) There is only one woman who has been honored to have her name mentioned in the Qur’an. Only one woman. And do you know who it is? It is Mary. The only woman who is named in the Qur’an. And named many times in fact. Such honor she has that Jesus is often simply called “the Son of Mary.” Never is she called the mother of Jesus, but he, the son of Mary.
(1b) The Qur’an is not a history book, giving detailed narratives on any particular subject. That’s not its purpose. This word “Eve” isn’t used in Islam but the name for Adam’s wife is Hawwa. How do Muslims know her name? Why do they call her Hawwa? The answer is that she is mentioned in traditions from Muhammad, outside the Qur’an. Because the Qur’an is not the only source of Islam–Muslims were sent not just the scripture but the Messenger as well, with the wisdom to interpret it.
(2) This is 7:189 It is He (Allah) Who has created you (mankind) from a single person (Adam), and (then) He has created from him his wife [Hawwa (Eve)],
in order that he might enjoy the pleasure of living with her.
That’s what the Muhsin Khan translation says. The Saheeh Int’l translation reads, “It is He who created you from one soul and created from it its mate that he might dwell in security with her.”
Not sure what else you’re looking for, nor why it would be significant. There’s a well-known and lovely hadith in Islam about the woman (Hawwa) being created from the rib of Adam. It tells men that women are created curved/bent and if a man tries to straighten one that it will break. It’s actually advice to be gentle in dealing with women, not overbearing or dominating or controlling.
(3) 7:19-25
And “O Adam, dwell,
you and your wife, in Paradise and eat from wherever you will but do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers.”
But Satan whispered to
them to make apparent to
them that which was concealed from
them of their private parts. He said, “Your Lord did not forbid you this tree except that you become angels or become of the immortal.”
And he swore [by Allah ]
to them, “Indeed, I am to you from among the sincere advisors.”
So he made **them **fall, through deception. And when
they tasted of the tree,
their private parts became apparent to them, and
they began to fasten together over
themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And their Lord called to
them, “Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you that Satan is to you a clear enemy?”
They said, “Our Lord,
we have wronged
ourselves, and if You do not forgive
us and have mercy upon
us, **we **will surely be among the losers.”
Allah ] said, “Descend, being to one another enemies. And for you on the earth is a place of settlement and enjoyment for a time.”
He said, “Therein you will live, and therein you will die, and from it you will be brought forth.”
20:121-123
And Adam and his wife ate of it, and
their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten over themselves from the leaves of Paradise.
And Adam disobeyed his Lord and erred.
Then his Lord chose him and turned to him in forgiveness and guided [him].
Allah ] said, "Descend from Paradise - all, [your descendants] being enemies to one another. And if there should come to you guidance from Me -
then whoever follows My guidance will neither go astray [in the world] nor suffer [in the Hereafter].
The Muhsin Khan translation of 7:24 says the enmity is between Shaytan and Adam+Hawwa, and not between Adam and Hawwa. The Saheeh Int’l translation of 20:123 says enmity between the descendents of Adam, and not between Adam and Hawwa. So I don’t really know (or care, to be frank) where Angelos got HIS interpretation from.
But I think you can see for yourself that he’s just trying to distort what the Qur’an says. The opinion of the Muslim scholars is that both Adam and Eve were forgiven and I don’t see any evidence to the contrary.
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