Is the Paradise inhabited by Adam the same Paradise that Allah has prepared for the believers and that the Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, described as "what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has ever conceived"?
The Jannah (Paradise) where Adam and his wife resided is the Jannah of Eternity according to the Salaf of the Ummah and Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah. Whoever claims it was a Jannah on Earth is among the philosophers, atheists, or innovators. The Qur'an and Sunnah refute this statement, and the Salaf of the Ummah and its Imams are in agreement regarding its falsehood. Quranic texts such as (وَلَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَى حِينٍ - And for you on earth is a place of settlement and enjoyment for a period) and (فَاهْبِطْ مِنْهَا - So descend from it) indicate that they were not on Earth but were brought down to it from a higher place. Likewise, the saying (فِيهَا تَحْيَوْنَ وَفِيهَا تَمُوتُونَ وَمِنْهَا تُخْرَجُونَ - In it you will live, and in it you will die, and from it you will be brought forth) confirms that they were not previously in a place where there was life, death, and resurrection, but rather they came to Earth after being cast down from Jannah.
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