Command of God: Come not nigh this tree
Surah ‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
Stage – 1, Verse –35 of 286, Section – 4 of 40
(Part - 1)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
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And We said: O Adam!
Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and eat ye, freely (of the fruits)
thereof where ye will; but come not nigh this tree lest ye become wrongdoers.
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Wa qulNaa yaaa-‘Aada-mus-kun ‘anta wa zaw-jukal-Jannata
wa kulaa minhaa ragadan hay-su shi’-tumaa; wa laa
taqrabaa haazihish-shajarata fata-kuunaa minaz-zaalimiin.
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Lesson
Jannata – literal meaning of this word is: The Garden
whose dense trees cover the earth. In the phrase of Divine precepts of the ,Religion
it aims, that magnificent Garden, in which, there are countless blessings and
which will be conferred to the persons of good disposition. That Garden is
called Jannah (Paradise) also because
that is hidden from our vision too.
zaw-juka – (Your wife) Eve (the wife of Adam (peace
be upon Them), who was created already before this discussion. She is the
Mother of entire human beings.
Hay-su shi’-tumaa – (Where ye will) (where-from you wish to
eat) this word reveals the extent and largeness of the Paradise.
God Almighty created Adam
in accord with His own Will and chose him Viceroy of His Own on the earth. Then
to clear his position, Allah Almighty ordered the Angels to fall prostrate
toward Adam (peace be upon him), so that none may have any courage to rebel or disobey
Him. The Angels admitted the greatness of Adam and fell prostrate toward Him.
After the Deputy-ship of
Adam (Peace be upon Him) Allah Almighty provided them (Adam and His wife) opportunity
to live in the Paradise, eat and drink whatever and wherever they wish.
About Eve, Commentators
of Islam have narrated that Adam was alone in the Paradise. He was tired
of loneliness. So God created Eve and commanded both of them to live in
the Paradise.
It is evident that God
Almighty gave Adam a lot of rewards and dignity. At first He was given
knowledge, then He became Viceroy of God, then he was presented with a life
partner (wife) for comfort and pleasure, then He was placed in Paradise and
bestowed countless blessings for eating and drinking. Allah Almighty bestows rewards
to His servants always. Now it is the duty of His servants that they should
thank God and know the Worth of these favors.
Laa taqrabaa - come not nigh (near). Actual object of
this order was that Adam should not eat the fruit of that particular tree,
which was forbidden at that time for them.
Haazihish-shajarata – ‘this tree’ was a tree from the trees
of Paradise and Adam was caused to know about that tree. In the Holy Qur’aan there is no explanation about it,
however the commentators of the religion have different views about that
particular tree. Some of them say that it was the tree of grapes and some say
that it was plant of wheat; some have their separate views as dates or fig. It
has not been explained in the Sayings of Messenger of God (Peace and blessings
on Him).
Minaz-zaalimiin – (from the wrongdoers) it means those
people, who oppress themselves. Disobeying the orders of God is actually
oppression over oneself. Now it is manifest that, at that time, meaning of Paradise was
not as the reward of good deeds as now it has. But at that time, there were
Divine’s laws. Some orders were for obeying them and some commands regarding
prevention from evils or bad deeds.
It is the lesson for us
that the individual, who commits the works of doubts and suspicions, there is
great danger for him regarding committing wrong works. So God Almighty forbade Adam
(peace be upon Him) from going near that prohibited tree, so that, neither they
will go nigh the tree and nor they will desire to eat it. We should also
abstain from the doubtful and suspicious things. It should also be remembered
that the person, who disobeys the orders of God Almighty, he actually harms himself
own. He creates mischief for himself in this world as well as the next world
i.e. Doomsday.
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