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Where does the story of Adam, alaihi salam begin? Does it begin on the earth or does it begin in Jannah?

The story of Adam, alaihi salam begins in Jannah.

In the next, or in the next aya, keep this in mind. In the next aya, Allah will tell us something so shocking.

By the way, this is part one of six of the material we have to cover today.

This is section one, heaven or earth. That is the section we're in. Heaven or earth?

Allah, as I was also saying, what if God, the Arabic, the Arabic, when your mob, your master,

said to all of the angels, I am putting a Khalifa, I'm not translating it yet, I am putting a Khalifa on the earth.

This is a pretty interesting statement to make. Human beings, their story begins, you told me, I didn't tell you.

You told me that the story of Adam, alaihi salam, begins where? In heaven, and Allah, before he even made the human being,

is making an announcement to the angels, telling them that he is creating this thing, this human being, who he calls a Khalifa, will get to that in a second.

He is creating this Khalifa for the earth. Where is the Khalifa made for? What according to the aya?

Was the Khalifa made for jannah or was the Khalifa made for the earth?

It was made for the earth. Before Adam, alaihi salam, was even created, the plan always was that this creature has been designed and created for the earth.

Section one of this story, heaven or earth is important, because a lot of people think the Sunday school version of this story, which is highly incorrect, is that Adam, alaihi salam, and his wife, our mother, were having a great time in jannah, until somehow they decided by the waspasab shaitan,

because of shaitan's whisper to eat from that tree, the second they eat from that tree, they lost their place in jannah,

and as a punishment, Allah decided to send them to the earth.

I am letting you know today that Qur'an is telling you that actually he was supposed to be on earth all along, that was always part of the plan, that was not a punishment from Allah, us being on earth.

Muslims are very different when they think about the story than how the Christians think about the story.

This life, this earthly life is a curse until we get back into heaven, not for the Muslims.

For the Muslims, even before the story began, what did Allah say? He made everything on this earth for who? For you, as a gift.

I don't know, is that my luncheon? Okay. He made everything on this earth for you, for you. This dunya is not a curse.

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