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BIK01 - Biblical Investigations of the Koran
A Ministry Course on Biblical Content in the Koran
STAGE 2 - Biblical PASSAGES and Biblical PERSONALITIES in the Koran
UNIT 09 - INVESTIGATE CHANGES: Examples of Biblical Texts on Adam Changed in the Koran - Analysis, Explanation and Application
09.1 - CHANGE EXAMPLE 1: Adam in the Garden and the interdiction to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:15-17 changed in the Koran)
09.1.5 - Element 5: Interdiction to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil
163 - Element 5: The TEXTS (Genesis 2:17a was changed in Sura 2:35d, Sura 7:19d and Sura 20:120)
BIBLE: “… ‘… but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, …’ ” (Genesis 2:17a)
KORAN: Changed -- “ ‘… And (you two) do not draw near this tree, …’ ” (Sura al-Baqara 2:35d) -- “ ‘… And (you two) do not draw near this tree, ...’ ” (Sura al-A'raf 7:19d) -- “So Satan whispered to him. He (i.e. Satan) said, ‘O Adam! Shall I point out to you the tree of eternity (or of perpetuity) and of a kingdom that will not decay?’ ” (Sura Ta Ha 20:120)