Love and Tenderness
The Quran emphasizes the relationship between husband and wife as a source of
happiness built upon mutual love, kindness and justice:
“And among His wonders is that He creates for you mates out of your own kind,
so that you might incline toward them, and He engenders love and tenderness
between you: in this, behold, there are messages for people who think.”(30:21)
Before Islam, it was a prevalent belief that Eve was responsible for tempting Adam
to eat from the forbidden tree. The Quran assigns equal responsibility to both of
them, clarifying that the temptation came solely from the devil:
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“But Satan caused them both to stumble therein, and thus caused the loss of
their erstwhile state.”(2:36), “and thus be (Satan) led them (both) with deluding
thoughts.”(7:22)
Both realized their sin and offered their repentance to God:
“The two replied: O our Lord! We have sinned against ourselves, and unless
You grant us forgiveness and bestow Your mercy upon us we shall most certainly
be lost.” (7:23)
Islam holds both man and women equally responsible for the first human sin and
states that God accepted their repentance and forgave them. (2:36-38)