Woman Between Islam and Western Society
1. A Survey
~ 37 ~
themselves with leaves of the garden.
Their Lord called out to them, saying: “Did I
not forbid you to approach that tree, and did I
not warn you that the devil was your sworn
enemy?”
They replied: “Lord, we have wronged
ourselves. Pardon us and have mercy on us,
or we shall surely be among the lost.”
He said: “Go hence, and may your
descendants be enemies to each other. The
earth will for a while provides your
sustenance and dwelling-place. There you
shall live and there you shall die, and thence
you shall be raised to life.”
8
In the above-quoted passage the dual form of the
verb in Arabic has been used throughout, so that it
is made abundantly clear that for every
transgression both Adam and Eve have been held
equally responsible. Thus it becomes quite evident
that Satan tempted them together, both fell into his
trap, both ate the forbidden fruit and both were
equally held responsible and both suffered equally
