Exposing the nudity of Aadam and Hawwaa' was a punishment

1-2-2014 | IslamWeb

Question:

Greetings. Why did Adam & Eve became nude when they ate the fruit in 7.22 ? I mean : What do eating a fruit from a tree has to do with becoming naked ? e.g. If I pluck a fruit from a tree, then I don’t become clothless immediately! Reply me as soon as possible. Its urgent!
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

This was a punishment from Allaah to Aadam (Adam) and Hawwaa' (Eve), may Allaah exalt their mention. Allaah forbade them from eating from a certain tree but they disobeyed Him and ate from it; as a result, Allaah punished them by making them naked. At-Tabari may Allaah have mercy upon him said: “When Aadam and Hawwaa' tasted the fruit of the tree, that is, when they ate from it, their private parts became visible to them, as Allaah deprived them of the clothing with which He had clothed them before they committed the sin. So, Allaah took that clothing from them because of the sin they had committed.”

The verse does not indicate at all that eating from the fruits of trees renders one naked, and no sane person would say this.

Allaah Knows best.

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