Al-A‘raf 7:190 فَلَمَّا آتاهُما صالِحاً جَعَلا لَهُ شُرَكاءَ In آتاهُما فَتَعالَى اللَّهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
But when He granted them a righteous child, they set up partners alongside God in the blessing He had bestowed upon them. Exalted is God above what they associate with Him!
It is thought that Adam and Eve had been afraid of Satan’s threats, and that their reliance on God had weakened. Their fear of Satan’s threats amounted, in a sense, to shirk—but not shirk in worship, rather shirk in fear: one ought to fear no one but God.
Al-Nahl 16:51 وَ قالَ اللَّهُ لا تَتَّخِذُوا إِلهَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ إِنَّما هُوَ إِلهٌ واحِدٌ فَإِيَّايَ فَارْهَبُونِ
God has commanded: “Do not take two gods; He is the One God, so fear Me alone!”
عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ، فَلَمَّا آتاهُما صالِحاً- جَعَلا لَهُ شُرَكاءَ فِيما آتاهُما» فَقَالَ هُوَ آدَمُ وَ حَوَّاءُ وَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ شِرْكُهُمَا شِرْكَ طَاعَةٍ- وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ شِرْكَ عِبَادَةٍ- فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ ص هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ واحِدَةٍ- إِلَى قَوْلِهِ فَتَعالَى اللَّهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ قَالَ جَعَلَا لِلْحَارِثِ نَصِيباً فِي خَلْقِ اللَّهِ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ أَشْرَكَا إِبْلِيسَ فِي عِبَادَةِ اللَّهTafsīr al-Qummī, vol. 1, p. 253
Imam al-Baqir (peace be upon him)—Fuḍayl relates that Imam al-Baqir (peace be upon him), commenting on the verse فَلَمَّا آتاهُما صالِحاً جَعَلا لَهُ شُرَکاءَ فِیما آتاهُما فَتَعالَی اللهُ عَمَّا یُشْرِکُونَ , said: “These two are Adam and Eve, and their shirk was in obedience, not in worship.” God then said to His Messenger (peace be upon him): “It is He who created you from a single soul,” continuing until He says: فَتَعالَی اللهُِ عَمَّا یُشْرِکُونَ. He said: “Adam and Eve gave Satan a share in God’s creation, but did not make Iblis a partner in the worship of God.”