Say, shall I not tell you the tale of the sons of our father
Indeed Hawwa fell pregnant twenty times, as per the decree of Allah our Master
Each time bearing twins, one boy and one girl
However after the second pair came, a terrible tragedy would unfurl
The first son was Qabil, followed by his twin sister
His looks were as rough as his heart, as for his twin, beauty itself had kissed her
The next pair was Habil, his face as delightful as his soul
As for his twin, her looks were dull like rusty gold
Thus was the sequence of all twenty pregnancies from the first of them to the last
But cursed would be one of them and from among the people of the fire he would be cast
Verily each pair would marry the next, the handsome for the beautiful
While Qabil would have to wed Habil's plain sister, a marriage oh so refutable
Qabil challenged the decree, his heart was full of anger and desire
So they were told to offer a sacrifice to Allah and the one whom is accepted would have it consumed by a fire
There on, Habil offered a fat sheep, the finest from his flock
Whilst Qabil offered expired produce, thus the outcome was no shock
Habil's sheep was consumed by the flame, his sacrifice accepted and so the decree for marriage would remain
Alas Qabil was consumed by jealously and overtaken by shaytan, telling his brother he would kill him, verily lust had driven him insane
But Habil was a pillar of piety, telling his brother that such actions are from among the people of hell
But Qabil did not relent in his schemes and so it was destined that in the naar he would dwell
And so, on one late evening, Habil failed to return home
His brother Qabil was sent to see where Habil had roamed
Qabil found him sleeping next to some rocks, so Qabil grabbed one, raising it up high
And lo! In one mighty swing he crushed his brother's head, without a sound he had died
Verily Qabil was from the wrongdoers, the first to ever take an innocent life, the first to ever commit such a crime
And so it would be written that for every murder to come, he would share in the sin every time
Lo and behold the devil had deceived him, all for one girl, he had destroyed his kin
Overtaken with shame Qabil picked up his brother and a desperate journey would begin
He walked and walked until Habil's body began to decay
Placing it onto the ground, indeed Qabil lamented and regretted that wretched day
Suddenly! Respite from the Most Merciful as two crows came from the sky
These two birds fought each other until one of them would die
The first crow had slain the second, it buried the fallen that perhaps in this Qabil would find a lesson
Taking inspiration, Qabil buried Habil but still, unto repentance to his Lord he would not beckon
Fearful and guilty, he avoided his father and kidnapped his twin sister
Settling down in the flat lands, leaving his family to deal with a loss all too bitter
Narrations say Iblis himself had brought the bad news of Habil's death to Hawwa
Verily, the floodgates had been opened, bawling and crying as if she had just witnessed Yawmul Qiyama
There on, Qabil fathered much progeny and upon the flatlands, were his corrupted ways established
Whereas Adam remained with the righteous up in the mountains, where the teachings of Allah were still practiced