God had told Adam: “In the day you eat from [the tree of the knowledge of good and bad] you will certainly die. ”
وَقَدْ ‹ سَمِعَ آدَمُ لِقَوْلِ زَوْجَتِهِ › رَغْمَ عِلْمِهِ أَنَّ ٱلْأَكْلَ مِنَ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ خَطَأٌ .‏