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My brothers and sisters, the story of the creation of human beings is repeated in the Quran several times.

In this revelation, Allah wants us to understand where we came from and to understand why we are here.

So, He mentions Adam, Alayhi Salam, the Prophet Adam, and He mentions Eve or Hawa may peace be upon them.

And Allah Almighty tells us in many places in the Quran about various aspects of creation.

So, at times He says they were created from dust, then He says soil, then He says clay, and so on.

People say, why is there a contradiction? There is no contradiction. These are the various stages of creation. That's all it is.

So, when He says a droplet of semen, He's talking about what happened later.

When He talks about the dust that was initial, when He talks about the clay that is mixture of that dust and earth with water.

When He talks about mud that is also one of the levels. So, there is no contradiction.

But what's of interest is, when Allah Almighty mentions the story of Adam, He clearly says to Adam,

listen, you have an enemy, SubhanAllah. That was a distinct statement made by Allah to Adam. Allah says, O Adam, you have an enemy, He doesn't like you.

He's going to plot your downfall, be careful. So, what should I do? If I don't want someone to succeed in their plot of my downfall, what should I do?

Well, take heed, be watchful, follow the rules. Make sure that you don't falter.

So, Allah Almighty says to Him, well, there's only one rule basically here.

What was the rule? Allah says, don't eat, don't even come close to this tree. Don't eat from this particular fruit.

Now, one might ask, why did Allah decide that He doesn't want Adam to eat from this particular tree?

When you've connected to Allah and connected to revelation, the true answer is, it's the decision of the Almighty. He decides what He wants to do.

But, if you would like a deeper explanation, you see, Allah tests you by telling you to do things, and then He tests you by telling you to abstain from things.

When you have a mathematics exam, your examiner will not only test you with addition. They say, how do you add these things?

So, you add them all up, and He says, well, how do you subtract these things? So, you are tested with subtraction and division, not just multiplication and addition.

So, in a similar way, Allah tests you holistically. He's going to test you by telling you, do this, let's see if you do it.

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