The Beginning of Our Life Journey On Earth...

Yesterday, Alhamdulillah while I was reading Surah Al-A'raf from the Quran, I came across a few verses, which reminds me about our journey on this Earth.. It all started when Iblis had tricked Adam and Hawaa in the Heaven to eat from the forbidden tree..  The following verses' translation (in Malay) mention what happened after they had eaten the forbidden fruit: 

"Keduanya berkata, "Ya Tuhan kami, kami telah menzalimi diri kami sendiri.  Jika Engkau tidak mengampuni kami dan memberi rahmat kepada kami, niscaya kami termasuk orang-orang yang rugi. (Allah) Berfirman, "Turunlah kamu! Kamu akan saling bermusuhan satu sama lain.  Bumi adalah tempat kediaman dan kesenanganmu sampai waktu yang telah ditentukan".  (Allah) Berfirman, "Di sana kamu hidup, di sana kamu mati, dan dari sana (pula) kamu akan dibangkitkan." Wahai anak cucu Adam!  Sesungguhnya Kami telah Menyediakan pakaian untuk menutupi auratmu dan untuk perhiasan bagimu.  Tetapi pakaian takwa, itulah yang lebih baik. Demikianlah sebahagian tanda-tanda kekuasaan Allah, mudah-mudahan mereka ingat."

(al-A'raf:23-26)

And from then onwards, Allah has placed our Prophet Adam and his wife, Hawaa on this Earth, which marked the beginning of human being's journey on this Earth.

However, during our journey, we should be mindful that Syaitan would never leave us alone.

Iblis was made to leave the Heaven after he disobeyed Allah's command to bow at our Prophet Adam in the Heaven. Before he left the Heaven, he had requested from Allah as stated in the Quran:

"(Iblis) menjawab, "Berilah aku penangguhan waktu, sampai hari mereka dibangkitkan." (Allah) Berfirman, "Benar, kamu termasuk yang diberi penangguhan waktu. "Iblis menjawab, "Kerana Engkau telah Menyesatkan aku, pasti aku akan selalu menghalangi mereka dari jalan-Mu yang lurus, kemudian pasti aku akan mendatangi mereka dari depan, dari belakang, dari kanan dan dari kiri mereka.  Dan Engkau tidak akan mendapati kebanyakan mereka bersyukur." Allah Berfirman, "Keluarlah kamu dari sana (syurga) dalam keadaan terhina dan terusir! Sesungguhnya barangsiapa di antara mereka ada yang mengikutimu, pasti akan Aku Isi neraka jahannam dengan kamu semua."

(al-A'raf:14-18)

After that, the first thing that Iblis did to let human to go astray was by cheating Prophet Adam and Hawa to eat from the forbidden tree until they too were made to leave the Heaven and started living on this Earth. From then onwards, Syaitan's efforts to let us to go astray from the straight path would never end until we die..

Alhamdulillah, since now is Ramadhan (when all Syaitans are tied up for the whole month), I'll grab this golden opportunity to increase my good deeds in this life journey, InsyaAllah.. :-)

~Written by Ummu Yusra~