<P> The Quran never refers to the tree as the "Tree of the knowledge of good and evil" but rather typically refers to it as "the tree" or (in the words of Iblis) as the "tree of immortality". Muslims believe that when God created Adam and Eve, He told them that they could enjoy everything in the Garden but this tree, and so, Satan appeared to them and told them that the only reason God forbade them to eat from that tree is that they would become Angels or become immortals . </P> <P> When they ate from this tree their nakedness appeared to them and they began to sew together, for their covering, leaves from the Garden . The Quran mentions the sin as being a' slip', and after this' slip' they were sent to the destination they were intended to be on - Earth . Consequently, they repented to God and asked for his forgiveness and were forgiven . It was decided that those who obey God and follow his path shall be rewarded with everlasting life in Jannah, and those who disobey God and stray away from his path shall be punished in Jahannam . </P> <P> God in Quran (Al - A'raf 27) states: "(O) Children of Adam! Let not Satan tempt you as he brought your parents out of the Garden, stripping them of their garments to show them their shameful parts . Surely he (Satan) sees you, he and his tribe, from where you see them not . We have made the Satans the friends of those who do not believe ." </P> <P> A cylinder seal, known as the Adam and Eve cylinder seal, from post-Akkadian periods in Mesopotamia (c. 23rd - 22nd century BCE), has been linked to the Adam and Eve story . Assyriologist George Smith (1840 - 1876) describes the seal as having two facing figures (male and female) seated on each side of a tree, holding out their hands to the fruit, while between their backs is a serpent, giving evidence that the fall of man account was known in early times of Babylonia . The British Museum disputes this interpretation and holds that it is a common image from the period depicting a male deity being worshipped by a woman, with no reason to connect the scene with the Book of Genesis . </P>

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