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Prophet #1 · The beginning

Ādam

آدم

Commonly rendered in English as Adam.

The first human and the first prophet. Allah created him from clay, taught him the names of all things, and commanded the angels to prostrate to him.

Era
The beginning
Region
Paradise, then Earth
Sent to
All humanity, through his descendants
Abū al-Bashar (Father of Humanity)Ṣafī Allāh (The Chosen)
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Passages that mention Ādam

  1. "Hadith, Allah will allow Adam to intercede on the Day of Judgment for some of His descendants numbering 100 million, 10 million,"

  2. "how so, when you do not resemble it? The pen asked, have you not heard that God Almighty created Adam in his image?"

  3. "I did not meet anyone in Syria or Egypt who had reached the stature of Adam, peace be upon him, aside from him."

  4. "who said, Allah took the covenant from Adam's loins at Na'man on the day of Arafah. He extracted from"

  5. "devils circling around the hearts of the children of Adam, they would gaze upon the dominions of the"

  6. "and Iblis, followed by Eve with Adam and the snake with Iblis. It is said it is a command to them in"

  7. "Al-Hafiz ibn Asakir mentioned that Al-Khidr is said to be from the loins of Adam, peace be upon him,"

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