{"collection":"Texts of Islam","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_pro_adam01_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_pro_adam01_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_isl_pro_adam01_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/pro/adam01.htm","summary":"This is a compilation of Shia Islamic hadith (religious narrations attributed to the Prophet's family and Imams, particularly Al-Baqir and Al-Sadiq) concerning the creation and early history of Adam and Eve, presented as chains of transmission from authoritative figures. The text covers the etymologies of the names \"Adam\" (derived from the Arabic word for earth's skin) and \"Eve\" (derived from the word for \"living\"), and narrates accounts of Adam's first moments of consciousness, including his sneezing, praising God, and witnessing inscriptions on the Throne foretelling the special status of Muhammad and Ali. A central theological claim \u2014 argued with notable force \u2014 is that Eve was created not from Adam's rib but from leftover clay, with the Imam Al-Baqir explicitly rejecting the rib tradition as a lie and as an insult to God's creative power. The text also interprets the Quranic verse about God's covenant with Adam (Taha:115) through a distinctly Shia lens: Adam's \"forgetfulness\" refers to his failure to fully grasp the exalted rank of Muhammad and the line of Imams. Rounding out the narrative are accounts of angels' repentance for questioning God's creation of Adam, which the text links to the establishment of the sacred cosmic and earthly houses culminating in the Kaaba, and a claim that Adam performed a thousand pilgrimages on foot.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"The Prophets, Their Lives and Their Stories: Adam: Subjec...","tradition":"Texts of Islam","translated_text":null,"word_count":1113}