The Children of Adam and Hawa (pbut)

Imam Abu Ja' far mentioned in his Tarikh "History" on the authority of some people who had  said:  Eve gave birth to forty children through twenty births. 

Ibn Ishaq viewed the same and he mentioned their names in detail.  However, nothing is sure of their names or numbers. Only Allah knows best and no one else can know their exact number! 

Others said: there were one hundred and twenty births, in each one a male and a female were born. 

The first among them were Cain and his sister Qalimah, and the last ones were `Abdul Mughith  and his sister Ummul Mughith. Then, humans increased in number and spread into the earth. 

Allah Almighty says: {O mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord, Who created you from a single  person (Adam), and from him (Adam) He created his wife [Hawwa (Eve)], and from them both  He created many men and women; and fear Allah through Whom you demand (your mutual  rights), and (do not cut the relations of) the wombs (kinship). Surely, Allah is Ever an All  Watcher over you}. (An-Nisa', 1)

Historians said: Adam did not die till he saw from among his progeny and offspring four  hundred thousand persons (400.000).

 Only Allah knows best! Allah, the Almighty says:

{It is He Who has created you from a single person (Adam), and (then) He has created from him his wife [Hawwa' (Eve)], in order that he might enjoy the pleasure of living with her. When he had sexual relation with her, she became pregnant and she carried it about lightly. Then when it became heavy, they both invoked Allah, their Lord (saying):  "If You give us a  Salih (good in every aspect) child, we shall indeed be among the grateful." But when He gave  them a Salih (good in every aspect) child, they ascribed partners to Him (Allah) in that which  He has given to them. High be Allah, Exalted above all that they ascribe as partners to Him}. (Al-A'raf, 189, 190) 

Adam was mentioned first to draw the attention of the reader of the Qur'an, then whom was  mentioned second was the whole race of mankind.

 This is done by way of mentioning the whole race of mankind after mentioning the forefather thereof; Allah the Almighty says: 

{And indeed We created man (Adam) out of an extract of clay (water and earth). There after we made him (the offspring of Adam) as a Nutfah (mixed drops of the male and  female sexual discharge and lodged it) in a safe lodging (Womb of the woman)}. (Al-Mu'minun, 12, 13)

 And in: {And indeed we have adorned the nearest heaven with lamps, and we have made such lamps (as) missiles to drive away the Shayatin (devils)}. (Al-Mulk, 5) 

Where it is wellknown that the "lamps as missiles" are not the same as lamps of adornment, but He turned from a single category or person to the whole race.

Adam (Peace be upon him) was. the father of mankind.

 He was created by the Hand of Allah Who breathed out of His Soul into him, Who made the  Angels prostrate themselves before him, Who taught him names of everything, and Who made him dwell in His spacious Paradise. 

Narrated Ibn Hibban in his Sahih on the authority of Abu Dharr his saying: "I said, 0 Allah's  Messenger! How many were the Prophets of Allah?' He (Peace be upon him) said: 'One  hundred twenty four thousands.' 

I said: 'O Allah's messenger! how many were the messengers among them?' He (Peace be upon  him) said: 'Three hundred and thirteen, a great number!' I said: 'O Allah's messenger! who was  the first among them? 'He (Peace be upon him) said: 'Adam.' I said: 'O Allah's Messenger! was  he a Prophet sent with a Message?' He (Peace be upon him) said: 'Yes, Allah the Almighty  created him with His Hand, then, breathed into him out of His Soul, then, He fashioned him (in  a very proper manner). " In the Night Journey Hadith that can be found in the two Sahihs -Al-Bukhari and Muslim  Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) said: "So the gate was opened and we went over the  nearest heaven and there we saw a man sitting with some people on his right and some on his  left. 

When he looked towards his right, he laughed and when he looked towards his left he wept. 

Then he said, 'welcome! 0 pious Prophet and pious son!' I asked Gabriel: 'Who is he?' He replied: 'He is Adam and the people on his right and left are the souls of his offspring. 

Those on his right are the people of Paradise and those on his left are the people of Hell and when he looks towards his right he laughs and when he looks towards his left he weeps. " (Al- Bukhari and Muslim)

Regarding the Prophetic Hadith that reads: "Then, I passed by Yusuf (Joseph) and I found him  to be granted half of beauty." Some scholars explained that it means that he was given half of the  beauty Adam was granted. 

Indeed, this is very suitable and convincing! That Allah, the Almighty created Adam, fashioned  him by His Hand and breathed into him out of His Soul, for all these Allah the Almighty must have created the best of all things.

It was narrated on the authority of `Abdullah Ibn 'Umar and' Abdullah Ibn 'Amr that: When Allah the Almighty created Paradise, the Angels said: "'Our Lord! Make this for us for You created for mankind the present world in which they eat and drink.' Allah the Almighty said:  'By My Glory and Loftiness! I will not equalize between the pious from among those whom I  created with My Hand, And those whom when I said "Be ", they were!"

It was narrated in the  two Sahihs -Bukhari and Muslim that Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported  Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) as saying: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious created  Adam in His own image with His length of sixty cubits, and as He created him He told him to  greet that group, and that was a party of angels sitting there, and listen to the response that they give him, for it would form his greeting and that of his offspring.

 Adam then addressed them: Peace be upon you! They (the angels) said: May there be peace  upon you and the Mercy of Allah, and they made an addition of "Mercy of Allah ". 

So he who would get into Paradise would get in the form of Adam, his length being sixty cubits, then the people who followed him continued to diminish in size up to this day. "(Al Bukhari and  Muslim)

 Source: Stories of the Quran by Ibn  Katheer