Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:

1. It refers to the Garden (i.e. they were removed from "it").
2. It refers to obedience (*ṭāʿah*). (i.e. Satan caused them to slip from their state of obedience.)
3. It refers to the tree (*al-shajarah*), i.e. Satan caused them to slip by means of the tree.

What does "it" refer to, in: “Satan caused them to slip from it”?

Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:

1. He schemed to enter Paradise, and it was a snake let him in. [Ibn ʿAbbās, al-Suddī]
2. He stood at the gate of Paradise and called out to them. [al-Ḥasan]
3. He whispered to them and implanted thoughts in their minds without direct speech or being seen. This was the view of Ibn Isḥāq, but it is weak.

Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:

1. He was forbidden from (eating from) a specific tree, but then he ate from a tree of the same kind as the prohibited one.
2. He interpreted the prohibition as a dislike (*makrūh*) rather than as a strict prohibition (*ḥarām*).