We Are Muslims

Our first man created was Adam (pbuh). He was the first person to receive the divine messages from Allah, claiming the title as our first Prophet.

Allah asked all moving creatures and unmoving creatures if they wished to have free will. Each of them declined this honor saying that it was too much responsibility. The soul of man was the only one to except the offer. Allah bestowed upon the man the job of being the caretaker of the planet earth. A caretaker that would have knowledge of everything. He formed a body for these first humans out of earth and they were known as Adam (pbuh) and his wife Hawwa (pbuh). He placed them in a lush paradise. The Angel's we're forced to bow before them out of respect for their knowledge that Allah had given them about the Earth. Ever being except one of the Jinn, who was known as Iblis. He felt that he was a superior being and refused to bow before a creature that was made from earthly components.

Furious Allah rebuked Iblis for his insolence and told him to remove himself from His company. Iblis said that man would only cause havoc and bloodshed on Earth. Allah agreed to allow Iblis to live till the day of judgment. Iblis vowed to prove that the Jinn we're superior to man. He said that he would mislead many and turn them from Allah. Allah said that only people who chose to befriend Iblis would be tempted. Allah warned that those who followed him of the Jinn and men would all share Iblis's fate in the Hellfire. Allah renamed Iblis, Shay' ton.

Shay'ton took his corruption right away. He entered the garden of Adam (pbuh) and Hawwa (pbuh). He whispered his lies to them. Saying that if they only ate from the tree in which they had been forbidden, they would live for ever. In Time Adam (pbuh) and Hawwa (pbuh) gave into Shay' ton. The Second they had transgressed against Allah's command they felt shame and guilt overwhelm them. Adam (pbuh) and Hawwa(pbuh) tried to hide from Allah and cover their bodies. Allah knower of all. He knew that his creations had done wrong and cast them out of the garden. Not to return.

In time Allah forgave Adam (pbuh) and Hawwa (pbuh), and showed them how to ask him for forgiveness. They we're so happy to be near Allah again that they begged Allah to have mercy on them and forgive them. They cried out that if they we're not forgiven they would be of the lost. Allah warned them. Anyone who befriends Shay'ton, the Jinn and did not follow his guidance, would inherit the fire with Shay'ton. Allah reminded them that if they we're of the pious that they could return to Him to enjoy His bounties in paradise, when they had completed their time on Earth. Adam (pbuh) and Hawwa (pbuh) vowed to be of the Pious.

Allah blessed them with many children. Adam (pbuh) became the first Prophet. He was selected by Allah to teach his family to obey and fear Allah. Allah told him that he was the first of many and that he would send down Prophets to Adam (pbuh) and Hawwa's (pbuh) descendants to warm them of his promise to mankind. May peace be upon Adam and Hawwa. The mother and father of the tribes of today.