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....Iblis
had deceived both and caused them to spiritually lose rank. As
soon as they had tasted of the fruit, they realized that they
were naked. They began to run in different directions and they
fashioned clothes from the leaves of Paradise. Their Lord said
to them: "Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you:
Lo! Satan is an open enemy to you?" (Araf, 22)
...."They said: "Our Lord! We
have wronged ourselves. If thou forgive us not and have not mercy
on us, surely we are of the lost!" (Araf, 23)
....THE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE
FORBIDDEN TREE
....The baby in the mother's uterus
gets everything it needs from its mother's blood, and the waste
products are carried away by the placenta, which operates between
the blood supply of the mother and the baby, rendering the digestive
system of the baby redundant. Adam and Eve were nourished with
the gifts of Paradise, which are lighter and more pleasant than
that found in a mother's blood; they did not need to have a digestive
system or external genitalia. Therefore, these parts of their
body were hidden away. The forbidden tree was originally a tree
of the Earth. It was created specifically for the purpose to test
Hazrat Adam and Eve. Qadi Bayzavi Tafseer comments: "Whoever
eats from the fruit of this tree, needs to go to defecate."
(Vol. 1, Page: 71)
....Since the pulp of the fruit picked
from the forbidden tree was rough and thick, it could not be digested
or absorbed, thus, it was expelled in the form of gas. This would
be propelled into the colon, where it remained until the feces
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