Last week at the National library, a book caught my attention.It was The Story of the Prophets by Imam Ibn Kathir.
So..here goes...my sypnosis of Nabi Adam a.s., as written by Ibn Kathir.
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Allah told the Angels that He will create Adam(mankind).The Angels asked Allah, why would He create mankind when they will rebel against Allah .At That time, the Angels had just faught with the Djinns on earth for being mischievious.The Djinns were expelled into jungles and remote islands.The Angels were not questioning Allah's authority, but it was just a sincere curious question.
Allah told the Angels that He knows of what the Angels dont.

Hence, Allah created Adam,with His own hands using clay.
Before Divine Spirit was blown into Adam's body, the Angels always get scared when they bypass Adam's body.One day,the Satan (not banished from Heaven yet), entered Adam's body...and came out.He mentioned to the Angels that they have nothing to fear of Adam.

On the chosen day, Allah breathed His Spirit into Adam's body.The spirit enters from the mouth ...and slowly moves towards the feet.When the spirit has entered the head,Adam sneezed, and the Angels said "Say: Praise to Allah"Adam hence repeated "All praise belongs to Allah" .And Allah replied "Your Lord has granted you mercy" .After that, Adam saw the fruits of the Paradise and rushed towards it...eventhough his legs were still inanimate.Hence Allah mentioned in the Qur'an.."Man is created of haste".

Allah taught Adam the knowledge of all types.At one occasion, Allah asked the Angels to identify an object, but the Angels didnt know what it was.He asked Adam to identify it, and Adam mentioned what it was.The Angels said, ""Glory be to You, we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Verily, it is You, the All-Knower, the All-Wise.""
Some scholars has commented that if the knowledge of Adam was put on on side of the balance, and the accumulated knowledge of all his children (from his time to the end of time,hence includes Einstein,Bill Gates,Isaac Newton, Al-Jabr,Ibn Sina ..etc)....Adam's knowledge will be greater.

And as well all know, the Angels and the Iblees were ordered to prostrate before Adam.The Angels prostrated.This is not to be taken as a sign that they worship Adam.
However, due to arrogance, the Iblees refused to obey Allah's order and prostrate before  Adam.He felt him self superior to Adam as he was made from fire while Adam's from clay.This invoked Allah's anger, but due to their previous obedience to Allah, Allah gave them respite.They were expelled from  the heavens and were given allowed to try to divert Adam's creed from the Allah's path. However,the Iblees will have no power over those who stay steadfast and have strong faith in Allah.

One day, Adam was sleeping in the gardens of the Heaven and when he awoke,there was a lady sitting beside him.He asked her who she was, and she replied that she is Hawa (Eve).The Angels asked Adam who the lady was when they saw him with her, he replied, "She's Hawa".

As we know, eventually after some time, the Iblees managed to persuade Hawa to eat the fruit from the Forbidden tree, the one tree that Allah has forbidden Adam.She in turn managed to persuade Adam to eat the fruit.Adam took a bite of it.And just as the fruit was swallowed (i.e. in Adam's throat), he felt his heart to be contricted, and all the music and songs around him stopped playing.His eyes opened and he saw that he and his wife were naked.Just then, Allah called Adam, and Adam ran and hid himself.
Allah asked Adam if Adam's trying to hide from Allah, Adam replied that he wasnt but he was very ashamed of himself.

Allah knew Adam and Hawa had eaten the Forbidden Fruit.And He was angry.As He was scolding Adam, Adam sneezed, and said "All praise belongs to Allah"  Allah instantly replied, "Your Lord has granted you mercy" .

This made Adam say that Allah's mercy is greater then His Anger.

A weak Hadith also mentioned that Adam asked for the Forgiveness of Allah 'for the sake of Muhammad" Allah asked Adam how did he know of Muhammad. Adam said that during one of his lessons from Allah, he noticed the words "لااله الله محمدرسل الله" (There's no God but Allah, Muhammad is Allah's Messanger) written on Allah's throne.So Adam figured that Muhammad must be some one very loved by Allah that his name should be put side by side with the name of the Lord of the Worlds.Allah replied that Muhammad is indeed His most beloved man, who is to be the final messanger to mankind,and Allah added that  had it not been for Muhammad,He would not have created mankind.

I'ld like to remind you that the narration above is weak in credibility.

So...as God had predestined, Adam and Hawa were sent down to heavan.Some say Adam was sent to India and Hawa to Arabia, but this issue is not important.What certain is that both of them were united at the feild of   Arafat.However, before they were united, Adam spent decades crying,seeking forgiveness from Allah.He was pardoned, for God is Most Merciful.
An Angel was sent to teach them how to live on their new environment.

That was basically the story of Adam, of course there's much more...the story of Abil and Qabil...his near death experience and so on.But I'm going to stop here for now.

REMINDER:
Everything good you earned from here is from Allah, and everything bad is from me.