Bayan halittar Adamu da Hauwa'u da zama a Aljanna, Allah Ya ce musu ku ci daga cikinta daga duk wata ni'ima da kuke so, amma kada ku kusanci wannan itaciyar domin kuna cikin azzalumai. (Bakara: 35)
Amma shaidan ya yaudare su, suka ci ’ya’yan itacen da aka haramta kuma saboda wannan rashin biyayya, aka yanke musu hukuncin kore su daga sama su zauna a duniya. Baya ga wannan ayar, an kuma ambaci wannan bishiya a cikin wasu ayoyi biyu na Alqur’ani (Araf: 19; Taha: 120).
Ba a ambata a cikin Alqur’ani mece ce wannan itaciya da ‘ya’yanta ba. Sai dai a cikin hadisai da tafsirin akwai manyan ra'ayoyi guda biyu game da wannan lamari:
Don haka babu matsala ta fuskar ma’ana cewa wasu hadisai sun dauki ma’anar “shajar” alkama.
Kwanan nan, a cikin shahararrun al'adun mutane, wani lokaci ana ɗaukar apple a matsayin haramtacciyar 'ya'yan itace, wannan imani yana rinjayar al'adu da tunani na yammacin duniya, inda wasu suka ɗauki apple a matsayin alamar gwaji na Adamu da zunubinsa na farko. Babu daya daga cikin hadisai da tafsirin Musulunci da ya dauki haramtattun 'ya'yan itacen a matsayin tuffa. Tabbas a cikin wasu hadisai na Imamai (a.s) dangane da masu tambaya ko menene wannan itaciya, yana cewa: A ranar kiyama komai yana hannun mumini, 'ya'yan Aljannah ba kamarsu ba ne. ’ya’yan itacen duniya, inda kawai ake samun ‘ya’yanta na musamman daga bishiya; A nan ne idan mumini ya so, za a samu 'ya'yan itatuwa daban-daban daga wata bishiya ko daji.
Adamu (a.s) ya san halin da ‘ya’yansa suke ciki a nan gaba, kuma a cikinsu ya ga manyan annabawa da waliyyai wadanda suka fi shi girma. A wannan lokacin ya yi fatan cewa matsayinsu ya zama nasa, kuma wannan “buri” ya nisantar da shi daga sama, kuma ita ce haramtacciyar bishiyarsa.