It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both); he said: Allah Almighty created Adam (peace be upon him) from the surface of the whole earth (adim al-ard), and that is why he was named Adam. Ibrahim bin Nafi' says: I heard Sa'id bin Jubayr say: I asked Ibn Abbas, and he told me: Allah created Adam, and he forgot, and that is why he was named insan (human being, from nisyan, forgetting). Then Allah Almighty said: "And We had already made a covenant with Adam before, but he forgot, and We did not find in him firm resolve" [Surah Ta Ha: 115] . This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.