THE STORY OF HABIL AND QABIL Abel and Cain The First Crime on Earth. From: Stories of the Quran, by Ibn Katheer: Allah the Amighty says: { And ( O Muhammad ( Peace be upon him)) recite to them ( the Jew) the story of the two sons of Adam ( Habil and Qabil) in truth; When each offered a sacrifice ( to Allah), it was accepted from the one but not from the other. The latter said to the former: I will surely kill you. the former said: verily, Allah accept only from those who are Al-Muttaqun ( the pious). If you do stretch your hands against me to kill me, I shall never stretch my hand against you to kill you: for I Fear Allah, the Lord of the Aalamin ( mankind, Jinn, and all that exists). Verily, I intend to let you draw my sin on youself as well as yours, then you will be one of the dwellers of the Fire; and that is the recompense of the Zalimin ( Polytheists and wrongdoers). So the Nafs ( self) of the other ( latter one ) encouraged him and made fair- seeming to him the murder of his brother; he murdered him and became one of the losers. Then Allah sent a crow who scratched the ground to show him to hide the dead body of his brother. He ( the murderer) said: Woe to me! Am I not even able to be as this crow and to hide the dead body of my brother. Then he became one of those who regretted} ( Al-Maidah, 27-31) Narrated As-Sadiy on the authority of Abu Malik and Abu Saliheen after Ibn Abbas ( may Allah be Pleased with him) and on the authority of Ibn Masud and other Companions that Adam ( Peace be upon him) used to get the male brought by one birth married to the female brought by the other. Hence, it was supposed that Abel would get married to Cains sister who was better and more beautiful than anyone else. At the same time, Cain wanted to Keep her for himself. Adam ( Peace be upon him) ordered him to allow Abel to marry her, but he totally refused. Then, Adam ordered both ( Abel and Cain ) to offer a sacrifice to Allah AlMighty. Meanwhile, Adam set forth towards Makka to perform Pilgrimage. Just before leaving, Adam tried to entrusted ( the affairs of ) his children to the Heavens, the Earth and finally to the mountains, but all declined to shoulder the ( heavy) trust. Whereupon, Cain accepted the trust and after Adam went away they ( Abel and Cain ) offered their sacrifices to Allah. Abel offered a fat she-goat, while Cain offered a bundle of bad plants. Later, a fire came down from heaven and consumed the sacrifice offered by Abel and left untouched that of Cain. Cain became livid with rage and said to his brother: I will kill you so as not to marry my sister. Abel said: { Verily, Allah accepts only from those who are Al-Muttaqun ( the pious) }.
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