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Are here more than one aadam in the universe according to Hadith. 

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Answer:

How many Adams(a.s.)

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah verses 30-38:

30 Behold thy Lord said to the Angels: "I will create a vicegerent on earth." They said "Wilt thou place therein one who will make mischief therein and shed blood? Whilst we do celebrate Thy praises and glorify Thy Holy (Name)?" He said: "I know what ye know not."

31 And He taught Adam the nature of all things; then He placed them before the Angels and said: "Tell Me the nature of these if ye are right."

32 They said: "Glory to Thee of knowledge we have none save that Thou hast taught us: in truth it is Thou who art perfect in knowledge and wisdom."

33 He said: "O Adam! Tell them their natures." When he had told them Allah said: "Did I not tell you that I know the secrets of heaven and earth and I know what ye reveal and what ye conceal?"

34 And behold We said to the Angels: "Bow down to Adam"; and they bowed down, not so Iblis; he refused and was haughty he was of those who reject Faith.

35 We said: "O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden and eat of the bountiful things therein as (where and when) ye will but approach not this tree or ye run into harm and transgression."

36 Then did the Shaytaan make them slip from the (Garden) and get them out of the state (of felicity) in which they had been. We said: "Get ye down all (ye people) with enmity between yourselves. On earth will be your dwelling place and your means of livelihood for a time."

37 Then learnt Adam from his Lord words of inspiration and his Lord turned toward him; for He is Oft-Returning Most Merciful.

38 We said: "Get ye down all from here; and if as is sure there comes to you guidance from Me; whosoever follows My guidance on them shall be no fear nor shall they grieve.”

There might be many amongst the human beings who might have been assigned the name ‘Adam’ by their parents, but if the ‘Adam’ in question is the first human being whom the Lord Creator Created with His Own Hands, and Blew of His Spirit into him, and Commanded the Angels to bow down unto him, and subsequently after the incident in the Garden was sent down to the earth….then to the best of our knowledge there was only one such man and Prophet named ‘Adam’….the fore-father of all human beings!

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan