THE STORY OF ABEL (HABEEL) AND CANE (QABEEL)
It is said that from their first harvest, the two sons of Adam, Abel and Cane, each offered a sacrifice to God. The offering of Abel was accepted for his being ” the first among the God fearing (muttaqeen)”. A fire descended from the heaven and consumed the offering of Abel. The offering of Cane was spared. He thought that his offering was rejected. This made him jealous of Abel and he murdered him.
Cane felt deep remorse over this act and carried the dead body of his brother over his shoulder, not knowing what to do with it. Then he saw a crow hurrying a dead crow in the ground. Qabeel followed suit and hurried his brother’s dead body by digging a hole in the ground.
This was the first criminal act on Earth and it was caused by jealousy. Jealousy is the root cause of many sins, including the murder of fellow human beings. It therefore behooves mankind to avoid this terrible emotion which leads to a lot of sins.
References: The Qur’an: Sura Maidah
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 