our father ADAM and mother EVE.PART(9)

Cain put the heap of wheat under his armpit and went to the hills. Abel took his beautiful ram and went there also. He left his ram on the hill. Cain put the wheat heap by the ram.

Abel prostrated to Allah and wept out of fear of Him. Then he looked at the clear sky and asked Allah to accept his sacrifice.

Cain was very restless. He looked here and there. He wanted to see Allah openly.

Long hours passed. Nothing happened.

Abel was sitting calmly looking at the sky. Some clouds appeared in the sky. Then the sky was full of clouds. The wind became calm.

However, Abel was still praying to his Lord. Cain was restless. He took a stone and threw it. The stone broke into pieces. He was bewildered, not knowing what to do.

Suddenly lightning flashed in the sky. Then thunder boomed. Cain was afraid. Abel was still praying to his Lord. It rained heavily. The rain washed Abel’s face and removed his tears. Cain hid behind some rocks.

Lightning flashed again. Suddenly, a thunderbolt hit the ram and killed it. Abel became happy. Then he wept because of happiness for Allah had accepted his sacrifice. Allah loved Abel, for Abel loved Allah.

The wind scattered Cain’s wheat pile. His heart became full of malice and envy. He took a piece of rock and shouted at his brother at the top of his voice, saying: “I’ll kill you!”

Abel said Calmly: “Brother Cain, Allah accepts the deeds of the pious.”

Again, Cain shouted loudly: “I’ll kill you! I hate you!”

Abel became sad. He asked himself: “Why does my brother hate me? Have I done anything to make him bear malice against me?”

Then he said to Cain with bitterness and pain: “If you stretch forth your hand towards me to kill me, I will not stretch my hand towards you to kill you.”

He added: “Cain, do you want to wrong me? If you kill me, you’ll enter the fire!”

Cain behaved rudely. He felt he was stronger than his brother. He wanted to enslave him and to make use of him as he made use of animals.

Abel took his cattle and went away. He forgot his brother’s threats. He was grazing his cattle on the hills and in the green wide valleys. He carefully considered the things around him with love.

Faith filled his heart with peace. He was looking at his sheep grazing in the meadows.

Everything was quiet and beautiful. The sun was pretty. The blue horizon was clear. The brook was flowing in the wide valley. The white birds were flying high in the blue sky.