Researcher found evidence of the GARDEN OF EDEN
Genesis chapter 2 describes the location of the Garden of Eden in relation to four rivers. Three of these rivers are known, and one is a mystery. Watch this episode of Expedition Bible as Joel travels across Saudi Arabia in search of the Lost River of Eden.
Galatians 1 :8-9.
But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed accursed.
Genesis 2 :7-17.
Then Adonai, God, formed a person from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, so that he became a living being. Adonai, God, planted a garden toward the east, in ‘Eden, and there he put the person whom he had formed. Out of the ground Adonai, God, caused to grow every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
A river went out of ‘Eden to water the garden, and from there it divided into four streams. The name of the first is Pishon; it winds throughout the land of Havilah, where there is gold. The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx stone are also found there. The name of the second river is Gichon; it winds throughout the land of Kush. The name of the third river is Tigris; it is the one that flows toward the east of Ashur. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
Adonai, God, took the person and put him in the garden of ‘Eden to cultivate and care for it. Adonai, God, gave the person this order: “You may freely eat from every tree in the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. You are not to eat from it, because on the day that you eat from it, it will become certain that you will die.”
Narrated by Aisha (the 6-year-old wife of the Prophet Muhammad):
The commencement of the divine inspiration of Allah’s Messenger was in the form of TRUE DREAMS. Then he began to like seclusion, so he used to go in seclusion in the cave of Hira, where he used to worship Allah continuously for many nights before going back to his family to take the necessary provision of food for the stay. He came back to his wife, Khadija, again to take his provision of food; likewise, till one day he received guidance while he was in the cave of Hira.
An angel came and asked him to read. Allah’s Messenger replied, “I do not know how to read.” The Prophet added, “Then the angel held me forcibly and pressed me so hard that I felt distressed.
Then he released me and again asked me to read, and I replied, ‘I do not know how to read.’ Thereupon, he held me again and pressed me for the second time till I felt distressed. He then released me and asked me to read, but again, I replied. ‘I do not know how to read.’ Thereupon he held me for the third time and pressed me till I got distressed, and then he released me and said, ‘Read, in the Name of your Lord, Who has created all that exists, he created man out of a clot, Read!
1 Timothy 4 :1-5.
The Spirit expressly states that in the latter times some people will apostatize from the faith by paying attention to deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come from the hypocrisy of liars whose own consciences have been burned, as if with a red-hot branding iron. They forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods which God created to be eaten with thanksgiving by those who have come to trust and to know the truth. For everything created by God is good, and nothing received with thanksgiving needs to be rejected, because the word of God and prayer make it holy.
And your Lord is the Most Generous. Who has taught the writing) by the pen, he taught man that which he knew not.” (Surah 96 :1-5). Then Allah’s Messenger returned with that experience, and the muscles between his neck and shoulders were trembling till he came upon Khadija and said, “Cover me!” They covered him, and when the state of fear was over, he said to Khadija, “O Khadija! What is wrong with me? I was afraid that something bad might happen to me.” Then he told her the story. Khadija said, “Nay! But receive the good tidings! By Allah, Allah will never disgrace you, for by Allah, you keep good relations with your Kith and kin, speak the truth, help the poor and the destitute, entertain your guests generously, and assist those who are stricken with calamities.” Khadija then took him to Waraqa bin Naufil, the son of Khadija’s paternal uncle. Waraqa had been converted to Christianity in the Pre-lslamic period and he used to write Arabic and the Gospel in Arabic as much as Allah wished him to write. He was an old man and had lost his eyesight. Khadija said to Waraqa, “O my cousin! Listen to what your nephew is going to say.” Waraqa said, “O my nephew! What have you seen?” The Prophet then described whatever he had seen. Waraqa said, “This is the same angel Gabriel who was sent to Moses. I wish I were young.” He added some other statements. Allah’s Messenger asked, “Will these people drive me out?” Waraqa said, “Yes, for nobody brought the like of what you have brought but was treated with hostility. If I were to remain alive till your day when you start preaching, then I would support you strongly.” But a short while later, Waraqa died, and the divine inspiration was stopped for a while, so that Allah’s Messenger was very much grieved.
The Prophet became so sad as we have heard that he intended several times to throw himself from the tops of high mountains, and every time he went up the top of a mountain in order to throw himself down, Jibril would appear before him and say, O Muhammad! You are indeed Allah’s Apostle in truth, whereupon his heart would become quiet, he would calm down, and he would return home. And whenever the period of the coming of the inspiration used to become long, he would do as before, but when he used to reach the top of a mountain, Jibril would appear before him and say to him what he had said before.
REFERENCE: Sahih Al-Bukhari 1: Chapter 93, Hadith 6982 and Sahih Al-Bukhari 4953 Book 65, Hadith 475.
- The inspirations of Muhammad were daydreams. He didn’t see an angel.
- The so-called angel didn’t greet him, introduce himself, or reveal the name of the one who sent him to Muhammad.
- The cousin of Khadija, Waraqa was a prophet before Muhammad became a prophet. He’s the one who prophesied that Muhammad would be a preacher. Waraq had the ability to see things he never saw with his own eyes; his power to see the unseen enabled him to know who visited Muhammad in the cave of Hira and choked him three times because he refused to read.
