121 Preface فَأَكَلا مِنها فَبَدَت لَهُما سَوآتُهُما وَطَفِقا يَخصِفانِ عَلَيهِما مِن وَرَقِ الجَنَّةِ ۚ وَعَصىٰ آدَمُ رَبَّهُ فَغَوىٰYusuf AliIn the result, they both ate of the tree, and so their nakedness appeared1 to them: they began to sew together, for their covering, leaves from the Garden: thus did Adam disobey his Lord, and allow himself2 to be seduced.Hitherto they were clothed in the garb of Innocence and knew no evil. Now, when disobedience to God had sullied their soul and torn off the garment of their Innocence, their sullied Self appeared to themselves in all its nakedness and ugliness, and they had to resort to external things (leaves of the Garden) to cover the shame of their self-consciousness.Adam had been given the will to choose, and he chose wrongly, and was about to be lost in the throng of the evil ones, when God’s Grace came to his aid. His repentance was accepted, and God chose him for His Mercy, as stated in the next verse.