“Qabeel & Habeel” were the sons of __________.

Correct Answer:

Habil (Abel) and Qabil (Cain) were the two sons of Adam. Adam had nominated the younger son Habil as his successor. The elder son, Qabil, disputed his father’s judgement. Thereupon Adam asked each of them to offer a sacrifice to Allah separately so that Allah might accept the sacrifice of one whom He found deserving to succeed him. Habil was a shepherd and Qabil was a tiller of the soil. Habil brought the best of his flock as a gift to the Lord, and Qabil brought some dried-up ears of corn. Allah received Habil’s gift with favour, but He did not receive Qabil’s gift. Qabil was very angry and his face fell. He attacked his brother Habil and murdered him. As this was the first murder, in fact, the first human death, Qabil did not know what to do with the corpse and stood puzzled. A raven was sent by Allah to show him how to bury a dead body.