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Need help with my writing homework on The story of Adam and Eve in the Quran and the Christian Bible. Write a 1250 word paper answering; In this version, God created man in His own image and gave him the green light to name all the animals and anything else in his environment(Pagels, Elaine 24).The Qur’an also states that Adam was created by God as the first human being (Al-Hijr 15:26). He was made in the resemblance of God himself and prophet Isa, who is commonly known as Jesus in the bible. .The process of creation is quite different in the two books. The Quran states that God created Adam from clay by simply uttering the word be (As-Sajdah 32:7-8). Allah, then introduced Adam to the names of all his creation, of which the man acknowledged and repeated after His words. In the Quran, it is noted that, God commanded His angels to prostrate themselves before the first man (Robinson 85).This was meant for the angels to honour Gods new creation and to display their obedience to Him. All the angels obeyed apart from Iblis, who was immediately expelled from paradise. In the Bible, such a theory is not mentioned at all.Concerning the creation of Eve, the Bible states that, God created a woman from one of Adam’s ribs (Genesis 2:18-21). The two were subsequently placed on the earth in a place known as the Garden of Eden. According to the Quran, Hawwa was created to be a companion for Adam. The book does not specifically portray that she was created from Adams rib (Al-Araf 7:189). The Quran also differs from the Biblical version by claiming that, the garden where Adam and Hawwa were initially placed was in paradise itself (Tabatabae, Sayyid, Mohammad Hosayn 35).Once in the Garden of Eden, the Bible states that God allowed them to feed from any tree in the garden in exception of one. This was known as the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Hereby, Adam and Eve were warned that they would die immediately if they ate from that tree(C. R. Alter 68). The Quran supports this theory by stating that Adam and Hawwa were cautioned on eating fruits from a tree. The Quran does not name the forbidden tree, but Zhaitan referred to it as the tree of eternity just to deceive Hawwa and her companion.