The Book of Destiny
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6744
رَبِّهِمَا فَحَجَّ آدَمُ مُوسَى قَالَ مُوسَى أَنْتَ آدَمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكَ اللَّهُ بِيَدِهِ وَنَفَخَ فِيكَ مِنْ رُوحِهِ وَأَسْجَدَ لَكَ مَلاَئِكَتَهُ وَأَسْكَنَكَ فِي جَنَّتِهِ ثُمَّ أَهْبَطْتَ النَّاسَ بِخَطِيئَتِكَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ فَقَالَ آدَمُ أَنْتَ مُوسَى الَّذِي اصْطَفَاكَ اللَّهُ بِرِسَالَتِهِ وَبِكَلاَمِهِ وَأَعْطَاكَ الأَلْوَاحَ فِيهَا تِبْيَانُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَقَرَّبَكَ نَجِيًّا فَبِكَمْ وَجَدْتَ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ التَّوْرَاةَ قَبْلَ أَنْ أُخْلَقَ قَالَ مُوسَى بِأَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا . قَالَ آدَمُ فَهَلْ وَجَدْتَ فِيهَا { وَعَصَى آدَمُ رَبَّهُ فَغَوَى} قَالَ نَعَمْ . قَالَ أَفَتَلُومُنِي عَلَى أَنْ عَمِلْتُ عَمَلاً كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَىَّ أَنْ أَعْمَلَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَنِي بِأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
rabbihimā faḥajja ādamu mūsā qāla mūsā anta ādamu adh-dhī khalaqaka-Llāh biyadihi wanafakha fīka min rūḥihi wa-asjada laka malāʾikatah wa-askanaka fī jannatihi thumma ahbaṭta an-nāsa bikhaṭīʾatika ilā al-arḍi faqāla ādamu anta mūsā adh-dhī āṣṭafāka-Llāh birisālatihi wabikalāmihi wa-aʿṭāka al-alwāḥa fīhā tibyānu kulli shayʾin waqarrabaka najiyyan fabikam wajadta-Llāh kataba at-tawrāha qabla an ukhlaqa qāla mūsā biʾarbaʿīna ʿāman . qāla ādamu fahal wajadta fīhā { waʿaṣā ādamu rabbah faghawā qāla naʿam . qāla afatalūmunī ʿalā an ʿamiltu ʿamalan katabah Allāh ʿalāa an aʿmalah qabla an yakhluqanī biʾarbaʿīna sanatan qāla rasūlu-Llāh ṣlā-Llāh ʿlyh wslm
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:There was an argument between Adam and Moses (peace be upon both of them) in the presence of their Lord. Adam came the better of Moses. Moses said: Are you that Adam whom Allah created with His Hand and breathed into himHis sprit, and commanded angels to fall in prostration before him and He made you live in Paradise with comfort and ease. Then you caused the people to get down to the earth because of your lapse. Adam said: Are you that Moses whom Allah selected for His Messengership and for His conversation with him and conferred upon you the tablets, in which everything was clearly explained and granted you the audience in order to have confidential talk with you. What is your opinion, how long Torah would haye been written before I was created? Moses said: Forty years before. Adam said: Did you not see these words: Adam committed an error and he was enticed to (do so). He (Moses) said: Yes. Whereupon, he (Adam) said: Do you then blame me for an act which Allah had ordained for me forty years before He created me? Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: This is how Adam came the better of Moses
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 6744
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)