On the story of Adam’s dispute with Moses: In the hadith, Adam was informed that Allah had decreed this for him forty years before He created him, and in another hadith, when He created the Pen, He said to it, “Write.” Was Adam created before the Pen?

The student: … You mentioned the story of Adam’s dispute with Moses, where he said: “How can you blame me for something… Allah decreed for me forty years before I was created…” Does this indicate that Adam was created forty years before the creation of the Pen?

The Shaykh : No, no. It was written for him before he was created. It was written before Adam’s creation.
The student: Meaning, the first thing Allah created was the Pen, and He said to it, “Write”…

The Shaykh : … Stay with me for a moment; I will correct your question. I understood from your words that this indicates Adam was created before it was written for him. Adam was created after it was written for him, but forty years later. How do we reconcile his statement with the fact that Allah the Exalted created the Pen and said to it, “Write,” before He created the heavens and the earth by fifty thousand years? It is said that if this statement is authentic and preserved, then this is another writing specific to Adam. Yes.