It should not be overlooked that even when Allâh pardoned...

It should not be overlooked that even when Allâh pardoned them after their repentance, He did not return them to the Garden - they were sent down to the earth to live therein. If their eating of the tree, the uncovering of their private parts and the life of this world were not a confirmed divine plan, an irrevocable pre­determined decree, they would have been returned to their place in the Garden as soon as they were forgiven their mistake. In short, it was the…