{"collection":"Texts of Islam","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_bkt_bkt04_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_bkt_bkt04_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_isl_bkt_bkt04_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/bkt/bkt04.htm","summary":"This is a prose narrative retelling of the Islamic creation story of Adam and Eve, drawn from classical Islamic theological and legendary tradition (likely a 19th-century European translation of sources such as the *Qisas al-Anbiya*, stories of the prophets). It recounts Adam's creation from earth gathered from the four corners of the world, his animation by a reluctant Soul breathed into him by Allah, the angels' commanded prostration before him, and Iblis's proud refusal and consequent expulsion from heaven. A distinctively recurring claim throughout is that Mohammed \u2014 not Adam \u2014 is the true purpose of creation: the text insists repeatedly that Allah created Adam, the world, and even Paradise specifically for the sake of the yet-unborn prophet, whose light Adam sees on the divine throne at the moment of his awakening. The narrative then moves to Eve's creation from Adam's rib, her insistence on a formal marriage gift (which turns out to be prayers for Mohammed), and their entry into Paradise together. The final section begins the temptation sequence, in which Iblis \u2014 barred from Paradise \u2014 tricks the peacock and then the serpent (here depicted as a regal, camel-like queen of beasts) into smuggling him inside by hiding in her teeth. Readers interested in Islamic legendary elaborations of Quranic material, or in comparative Adam-and-Eve traditions across Abrahamic religions, will find this a richly detailed and theologically distinctive version of familiar ground.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"ADAM. (A MOHAMMEDAN LEGEND.)","tradition":"Texts of Islam","translated_text":null,"word_count":6469}