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Recordings › Monday Nights with Mufti #196 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth · 5 Jan 2021 › Segment 16 of 35

Is the story of Lilith in the Bible?

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Is the Lilith story in the Bible?

QuestionLive chat · questioner not identifiedAnswered 5 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Segment 16 of 35 in the recording2021-01-05-S16

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No: the story comes from Jewish commentary on Genesis; the Bible only names Lilith vaguely in Isaiah as an evil spirit.

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Asked whether the Lilith story is in the Bible, Mufti Abu Layth says Lilith is mentioned vaguely in the book of Isaiah as some kind of evil spirit, but the story comes from old Jewish commentaries on the Bible. They used it to reconcile the two accounts of Adam's creation, saying God first created Adam and Lilith and, after Lilith left, created Eve when Adam was lonely. He then glances through the chat and jokes with a comment about women like Lilith.

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Is the Lilith story in the Bible?

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Mufti Abu Layth says the exact story of Lilith is not in the Bible but in the mythology surrounding Genesis, though her name appears in the book of Isaiah.

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“So the exact story of Lilith is more mentioned in the kind of uh mythology surrounding Genesis.”

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Hell yeah. And uh a lot more as well. So, right, let's move on people. Some of your questions. What's going on? Let's take a look at what some questions on Facebook as well. All right. What's going on? What's going on? Uh scholars pushing an agenda.

I'm not sure. Uh right. So Aub is this in the Bible? Somebody asked is the Lilith story in the Bible? So, Lilith is uh although Lilith is mentioned in the book of Isaiah um as a some kind as a vague mentioning this is more by the commentaries upon the Bible by old Jewish scholars.

So when they tried to explain the discrep discrepancy between the first event and the second event of Adam, Adam's creation, they described that this is how they reconciled it. They said that Adam both were factual. So first God created Adam and Lilith and then obviously Lilith went away and then he created Eve after Adam felt lonely. So the exact story of Lilith is more mentioned in the kind of uh mythology surrounding Genesis.

It's not in the Bible. Her name does appear in the book of Isaiah. And there it's a vague reference to as some kind of an evil spirit or something. Cool. I hope that answers that. [Laughter] Adam is shockth by Lilith. Right. So, what's going on?

Right. What's going on, people? Who is Abu Hassan? I don't know who Abu Hassan is. Muhammad Nasir says, uh, can you answer my question? I don't know what the question is. Right. So, right. Okay. I can't see many questions here.

Uh, any ladies out there? Nick says any ladies out there like Lilith for us single brothers that will take us. So, uh, I'm sure there are. I'm sure they are. So, cool. Let's take a look at some of the questions. Did I have Right.

I was asked a question about miracles. Uh, I did a meetup. Now, those of you that may have seen it, I did a meetup just on New Year's Day, just as it kind of early in the morning. Now, during that, I had a bit of a discussion on miracles and I was asked about this.

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2021, January 5). Is the story of Lilith in the Bible? [Video, segment 2021-01-05-S16, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/16/

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Mufti Abu Layth. 2021. "Is the story of Lilith in the Bible?" Video, segment 2021-01-05-S16, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded January 5, 2021. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/16/

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