Honour By Allah To Prophet Adam And the Generic

AL-ARAF (THE HEIGHTS) : 11-25

7:11. It is We Who created you and gave you shape; then We bade the angelrostrate to Adam, and they prostrate; not so Iblis; He refused to be of those who prostrate.

7:12. (Allah) said: "What prevented thee from prostrating when I commanded thee?" He said: "I am better than he: Thou didst create me from fire, and him from clay." S

7:13. (Allah) said: "Get thee down from this: it is not for thee to be arrogant here: get out, for thou art of the meanest (of creatures)."
7:14. He said: "Give me respite till the day they are raised up."

7:15. (Allah) said: "Be thou among those who have respite."
7:16. He said: "Because thou hast thrown me out of the way, lo! I will lie in wait for them on thy straight way:
7:17. "Then will I assault them from before them and behind them, from their right and their left: Nor wilt thou find, in most of them, gratitude (for thy mercies)."

7:18. (Allah) said: "Get out from this, disgraced and expelled. If any of them follow thee,- Hell will I fill with you all.
7:19. "O Adam! dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and enjoy (its good things) as ye wish: but approach not this tree, or ye run into harm and transgression."
7:20. Then began Satan to whisper suggestions to them, bringing openly before their minds all their shame that was hidden from them (before): he said: "Your Lord only forbade you this tree, lest ye should become angels or such beings as live for ever."

7:21. And he swore to them both, that he was their sincere adviser.
7:22. So by deceit he brought about their fall: when they tasted of the tree, their shame became manifest to them, and they began to sew together the leaves of the garden over their bodies. And their Lord called unto them: "Did I not forbid you that tree, and tell you that Satan was an avowed enemy unto you?"

7:23. They said: "Our Lord! We have wronged our own souls: If thou forgive us not and bestow not upon us Thy Mercy, we shall certainly be lost."
7:24. (Allah) said: "Get ye down. With enmity between yourselves. On earth will be your dwelling-place and your means of livelihood,- for a time."
7:25. He said: "Therein shall ye live, and therein shall ye die; but from it shall ye be taken out (at last)."