He did so by asking Eve: “Is it really so that God said you must not eat from every tree of the garden? ”
لَقَدْ شَكَّكَ ٱلشَّيْطَانُ فِي كَوْنِ يَهْوَهَ حَاكِمًا بَارًّا بِطَرْحِهِ ٱلسُّؤَالَ ٱلتَّالِيَ عَلَى حَوَّاءَ :‏ « أَحَقًّا قَالَ ٱللهُ :‏ ‹ لَيْسَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَجَرِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ تَأْكُلَانِ › ؟‏ » .‏