Women between Islam and Western Society by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan - page 31

Woman Between Islam and Western Society
1. A Survey
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21. And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall
upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of
his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22. And the rib, which the Lord God had taken
from the man, made he a woman and brought
her unto the man.
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Chapter 3 tells the story of the fall of man.
1.
Now the serpent was more subtil than any
beast of the field which the Lord God had
made. And he said unto the woman, yea, hath
God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the
garden?
2.
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may
eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3.
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the
midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall
not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye
die.
4.
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall
not surely die:
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