And we said, O Adam, dwell thou and thy wife (_Howwá_ [or Eve], _whom God created from a rib of his left side_) in the garden, and eat ye therefrom plentifully, wherever ye will; but approach ye not this tree, _to eat thereof_; (_and it was wheat, or the grape-vine, or some other tree_;) for _if ye do so_, ye will be of _the number of_ the offenders. But the devil, _Iblees_, caused them to slip from it, _that is, from the garden, by his saying unto them, Shall I show you the way to the tree of eternity? And he swore to them by God that he was one of the faithful advisers to them: so they ate of it_, and He ejected them from that _state of delight_ in which they were. And We said, Descend ye[193] _to the earth, ye two with the offspring that ye comprise_ [yet unborn], one of you (_that is, of your offspring_) an enemy to another; and there shall be for you, in the earth, a place of abode, and a provision, _of its vegetable produce_, for a time, _until the period of the expiration of your terms of life_. And Adam learned, from his Lord, words, _which were these_:—_O Lord, we have acted unjustly to our own souls, and if Thou do not forgive us, and be merciful unto us, we shall surely be of those who suffer loss_.[194] _And he prayed in these words_; and He became propitious towards him, _accepting his repentance_; for He is the Very Propitious, the Merciful. We said, Descend ye from it (_from the garden_) altogether; and if there come unto you from Me a direction (_a book and an apostle_), those who follow my direction, _there shall come_ no fear on them, nor shall they grieve _in the world to come; for they shall enter paradise_: but they who disbelieve and accuse our signs[195] of falsehood, these shall be the companions of the fire: they shall remain therein for ever. (ii. 33-37.) _ABEL AND CAIN._