Scientific Errors In The Bible

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please try not to quote Freedom’s posts so as not to occupy meaningless space on the thread.

My question is still there: why don’t muslims believe in original sin if Adam was cast down from paradise according to quran…why was he cast down? why isn’t Adam (humanity) in paradise anymore?
 
the genesis of quran:
  1. And He taught Adam all the names (of everything) ], then He showed them to the angels and said, “Tell Me the names of these if you are truthful.”
  2. They (angels) said: “Glory be to You, we have no knowledge except what you have taught us. Verily, it is You, the All-Knower, the All-Wise.”
  3. He said: “O Adam! Inform them of their names,” and when he had informed them of their names, He said: “Did I not tell you that I know the Ghaib (unseen) in the heavens and the earth, and I know what you reveal and what you have been concealing?”
  4. And (remember) when We said to the angels: “Prostrate yourselves before Adam.”. And they prostrated except Iblîs (Satan), he refused and was proud and was one of the disbelievers (disobedient to Allâh).
  5. And We said: “O Adam! Dwell you and your wife in the Paradise and eat both of you freely with pleasure and delight of things therein as wherever you will, but come not near this tree or you both will be of the Zâlimûn (wrong-doers).”
  6. Then the Shaitân (Satan) made them slip therefrom (the Paradise), and got them out from that in which they were. We said: “Get you down, all, with enmity between yourselves. On earth will be a dwelling place for you and an enjoyment for a time.”
  7. Then Adam received from his Lord Words ]. And his Lord pardoned him (accepted his repentance). Verily, He is the One Who forgives (accepts repentance), the Most Merciful.
  8. We said: "Get down all of you from this place (the Paradise), then whenever there comes to you Guidance from Me, and whoever follows My Guidance, there shall be no fear on them, nor shall they grieve
 
Daniel Marsh:
The Qur’an and the Bible in the light of history and science
By Dr. William Campbell in response to Dr. Bucaille’s Book
answering-islam.org/Campbell/contents.html#s4
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In addition to Dr. William Campell’s book, for an excellent response to Dr. Maurice Bucaille’s book, see

Chapter 10, ‘A Defense of the Bible’, of

Answering Islam: The Crescent in Light of the Cross
Second Edition
by Norman L. Geisler and Abdul Saleeb

pp228-241 of this **pdf ** file
shakinandshinin.org/AnsweringIslam.pdf
(i.e. Chapter 10, **‘A Defense of the Bible’ **, starting from the subheading ‘Inconsistent Use Of The Bible’ up to the end of the Chapter)
 
Ishmael's child:
Here are but a few:

Insects with four feet?
“Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth; Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.”
Leviticus 11:21-23
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Reply:
tektonics.org/af/buglegs.html
Bats identified as “birds”?
“And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, and the vulture, and the kite after his kind; Every raven after his kind; and the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, and the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.”
Leviticus 11:13-19
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Reply:
tektonics.org/af/batbird.html
Rabbits claimed to chew their cud?
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“And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.”
Leviticus 11:6
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Reply:
tektonics.org/af/cudchewers.html

and

apologeticspress.org/articles/2192
 
There is a lot to read here. I may have missed it if this question has already been answered. Since Islam rejects the doctrine of inherited sin and believe all men are born without sin, why do Muslim’s teach the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of Mary?
 
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BryPGuy89:
God wouldn’t need to use our scientific clasifications, ecpecially since the people wouldn’t know what He would be talking about. God had to share with a man what He wanted to be written, in vision or talking to him threw bush of flames or what ever. God would have to say things that made sence and would be understood by the people.
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Exactly. It’s along the same lines as stigmata. Historical and medical evidence has shown that Romans crucified their victims through the wrist, not the palm, because the weight of the body could not be supported by the muscle in the palms. It’s more than likely that Jesus was crucified through the wrists (to any Shroud of Turin believers, the Shroud evidences this). But at the time of the first recorded case of stigmata, Christian art and belief commonly held that He was crucified through the palms. So why would God bother to split hairs? He gave them what made sense to them at the time.

In the end, does it really matter when it comes down to faith?
 
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Spyder1jcd:
Exactly. It’s along the same lines as stigmata. Historical and medical evidence has shown that Romans crucified their victims through the wrist, not the palm, because the weight of the body could not be supported by the muscle in the palms. It’s more than likely that Jesus was crucified through the wrists (to any Shroud of Turin believers, the Shroud evidences this). But at the time of the first recorded case of stigmata, Christian art and belief commonly held that He was crucified through the palms. So why would God bother to split hairs? He gave them what made sense to them at the time.

In the end, does it really matter when it comes down to faith?
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I just wanted to mention, and I could be wrong, but I believe it was unusual that nails were used on Christ. It was my understanding that the usual mode was not nails but rope.
 
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Eden:
I just wanted to mention, and I could be wrong, but I believe it was unusual that nails were used on Christ. It was my understanding that the usual mode was not nails but rope.
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I suppose it’s possible, but wouldn’t that conflict with the passage in Psalms 22:16: “For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet”? This is commonly held to refer to Jesus. Also, Romans made it a goal of crucifixion to mutilate the condemned. I would think they would use nails to achieve this goal. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion#Roman_Empire

As a side note, the use of the word “hands” does not mean that Jesus could not have been nailed through the wrists. The Hebrew word for “hand” can also mean anywhere in the forearm.
 
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Eden:
There is a lot to read here. I may have missed it if this question has already been answered. Since Islam rejects the doctrine of inherited sin and believe all men are born without sin, why do Muslim’s teach the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of Mary?
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exactly, in addition to this, the “genesis” of the quran says that Adam was cast out from paradise because he sinned.
 
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inJESUS:
dear Freedom, please try to write short posts cuz lengthy ones with a billion idea in them are not very appaling to answer to.
Second, i asked about muslims and you gave the reply on a non-muslim. Why dont muslims believe in original sin when Adam was cast out from heaven in quran?
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Dear inJESUS:

I gave my opinion earlier about your “Original Sin” idea, as a nonsensical and filthy idea.

And then I even provided what some sensible non-Muslim (Major Yeats-Brown) has to say in this regard.

Now, I will ask you again to recall your Ezekiel 18. Read this whole chapter with your eyes and mind open then replace it with your imagninary IDOLS of White European “Jesus” and “Mary”, in your church or atleast in your home. Because first of all, real Jesus and real Mary were not White European gentiles. **Mary was Middle Eastern Hebrew and Jesus, highly likely that was African type person ** because when he was taken to Egypt, in his infancy, his appearance did not standout there and people did not notice, otherwise Heord would have come to known and kill him because he waited for atleast two years.

Then secondly, you MUST DETEST idols as dung. Why? Not because I said so, but because Holy Torah said so and because all choosen people of God (Jews) too detest any kind of idol and never will they allow any idol, even idol of their supposed father Judah or Prophet Abraham, in their synagogues.

Moreover, you MUST DETEST idols because idols utterly abhor as uncleanness and filth, because it is an anathema. And anathema means calling for total destruction. (Deuteronomy 7:26) if you don’t believe me, check the following link and read it in your Douay Rheims Bible:

[Douay-Rheims Bible, Deuteronomy Chapter 7]](Douay-Rheims Bible, Deuteronomy Chapter 7])

Then, replacement of verses of Ezekiel 18, will remind you everyday that there is no such filthy and nonsensical idea of “original sin” because everyone is responsible for his/her own actions and that all wonderfull miraculous human babies are born sinless.Otherwise all babies if they die before the age of reason must burn in Hell.

You may say babies probably go to a LIMBO state. But the question is what the hell is LIBMO, in the first palce, anyway??

Then, the question is if there is indeed such LIBMO place (that no Prophet of God ever told about it), why even to LIBMO, if you really believe that they all are born with sin? Why not babies too should go to Hell?

Are you telling me that your God is actually UNJUST? Why your God should punish you who took the trouble to live in this world and face all kinds of hardship whole life in learning, studying, helping others, working, earning hard income, praying, and if you are a Western woman then your hardship is more than Western man because you as a woman may have to work and get pregnant and then raise your kids, do cooking for them and your husband whereas Western men usually do half of it…and then dying on a day of which we have no real idea when it will come. And if somehow you did not believe in a nonsensical idea of “original sin”, then be ready to get punished in Hell forever?

When on the other hand babies who die in early age will go to LIMBO or be pardoned by your Loving God for doing nothing when he is not even going to forgive his own choosen people of Judah “on that same Day” and will by becoming a barbor will shave hair of their heads, their beards and hair of their genitals?
How is he going to shave women’s hair then? Or Women are not included when your Lord will shave them with a razor that is not even his but a hired one? Howcome your Lord doesn’t even own a razor like that of Assyrians? What is so special with Assyrian razor? The how is he going to shave their genital? When people are getting shaved their bodies, how long should they wait in line? Obviously shaving every hair of bodies of all Judah’s people is going to take lot of time, No? While he is at shaving job, like a barbor, do you think all the rest will be watching him how he is shaving their genitals? But why he is not going to shave other people such as Buddhists, HIndus etc? Why only Judeo-Christians?

Did you realise where the rationale of your “Original sin idea” is heading towards?

The whole structure of your faith appears to be rested on LIMBO answers. Why? Because “Original sin idea” is nonsensical and irrational.

Now let me ask you this:

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Dear inJESUS:

Now let me ask you this:

**If all are born with sin, then are you saying that “even the Prophets and “men approved of God” too are born with sin”??

If yes then, was Jesus born with sin, since he was a 100% man too, as you believe, no?!!

If you say: “no Jesus is an exception to your idea of original sin”, then he was not a or the 100% man. He was anything but not a or the 100% man.

Then who paid the price of Jesus’ sin if he too was born with sin by being a 100% man? His own death? His own death was meant for your sins and not his own, no??!

If you say: “His death was also a price for his own sin that he never committed”, then was he aware of his sin(s)? Was he also knew that he is actually born to die to save himself and you?

If you say: “Yes, he knew that he is supposed to die at somepoint in the future”, then questions arise:

Why Jesus did not preach this doctrine/myth of his own future suicide death during his mission to his followers atleast?

When he was asked by someone “What should I do for Eternal life”, why he said to him “keep the commandments (of God)”?

Why he did not say "look! you are born sinfull, just wait, until I am dead on the cross and let sinners kick me and even spit on me and put me on the corss, due to false charges and let me cry loudly “Eli, Eli why hast thou forsaken me?” or “Eloi, Eloi, why hast thou forsaken me?” (because I don’t know what is my God’s name and not even the Holy ghost who will inspire in future to a certain Mark and a certain Matthew with different names as ELI and ELOI) and then let my and your Loving Father reject my crying prayers though he is supposed to be a God of Love or LOVE HIMSELF…but anyway…this is a paradox…then let me die a most painfull death, when one of my own selected disciples, Judas betrays me, then I will die and go to the Hell and with God’s permission again rose by NOT FULFILLING MY OWN PROPHECY of JONAH, then I will even eat honey comb and broiled fish with my disciples to prove to them that I did actually die on the cross…no…wait…I think I did not die because we all human die once even according to Saul who is now persecuting my followers and a killer, we don’t die twice and since I am a 100% man thus I supposed to die once…so if I die on the cross then I cannot have meal/honey comb and fish…no?? anyway this is an another paradox…then I will ascend to sit on** your and my God’s right hand side**…but wait…howcan I sit on my own right hand, because I am God myself, no? …this too is strange…anyways…when all this happens…you are saved but you have to somehow believe in this when Saul who is now “kicking against the pricks will teach you a totally NEW DOCTRINE and people will after his life for making my whole mission meaningless, thats all, for your Eternal life…you don’t have to keep the commandments of God, for which I actually came to restore…I know this is an another dilemma because I told you that “if you love me keep the commandments” but you will follow Saul who is busy at this moment in persecting my true followers. But somehow just believe in my future death or future suicide because I will not defend my case but allow some most sinfull Jews and Pagan Romans to crucify me and will also allow your and my Loving God to reject my loudly crying pray. So infact I will commit suicide”

Is this what Jesus said? **​
 
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Spyder1jcd:
I suppose it’s possible, but wouldn’t that conflict with the passage in Psalms 22:16: “For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet”? This is commonly held to refer to Jesus. Also, Romans made it a goal of crucifixion to mutilate the condemned. I would think they would use nails to achieve this goal. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion#Roman_Empire

As a side note, the use of the word “hands” does not mean that Jesus could not have been nailed through the wrists. The Hebrew word for “hand” can also mean anywhere in the forearm.
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I think you may have misunderstood. While nails were used on Jesus, crucifixions were apparently usually with rope. You made a statement about how the nails would always be driven through the wrist when discussing the stigmata (or something to that effect) and I was just trying to clarify that nails are believed by historians to have been used only on Jesus.
 
8 “Also I say to you, whoever confesses Me before men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God. 9 But he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God. Luke 12:8

Holy Qur’an 3:84. Say: “We believe in Allah, and in what has been revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham, Isma’il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and in (the Books) given to Moses, Jesus, and the prophets, from their Lord: We make no distinction between one and another among them, and to Allah do we bow our will (in Islam).”

You better hope you are right freedomm
 
Dear onesimplemind:

When the Holy Qur’an asks Muslims to believe in the revelation of Jesus (PBUH), it means what was actually revealed from Allah, to him in his time that was meant for his nation (Bani Israel) only, and not what is “inspired” to unknown authors of New Testament books.

So all Muslims do believe in the principle shown by the Holy Qur’an and what is required now for the whole humanity is already fully revealed in Last and Final revelation–i.e.,The Holy Qur’an; thus we don’t have to look back the books of the Bible which are actaully a work of mostly unknown authors which may contain some portions of previous revelations but the BIble per se is not the Word of Allah.
 
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freedomm:
Dear onesimplemind:

When the Holy Qur’an asks Muslims to believe in the revelation of Jesus (PBUH), it means what was actually revealed from Allah, to him in his time that was meant for his nation (Bani Israel) only, and not what is “inspired” to unknown authors of New Testament books.

So all Muslims do believe in the principle shown by the Holy Qur’an and what is required now for the whole humanity is already fully revealed in Last and Final revelation–i.e.,The Holy Qur’an; thus we don’t have to look back the books of the Bible which are actaully a work of mostly unknown authors which may contain some portions of previous revelations but the BIble per se is not the Word of Allah.
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Sura Ankabut 29:46 And dispute ye not with the people of the book but say: We believe in the revelation which has come down to us and that which came down to you."

No No we have the “same” revelations so you can’t contradict. Saying the bible is in error is disputing revelation isn’t it?
 
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onesimplemind:
Sura Ankabut 29:46 And dispute ye not with the people of the book but say: We believe in the revelation which has come down to us and that which came down to you."

No No we have the “same” revelations so you can’t contradict. Saying the bible is in error is disputing revelation isn’t it?
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Before making such claim, I advice you to read this article:

Is The Bible In Our Hands The Same As During The Time Of Muhammad(P)?

islamic-awareness.org/Quran/MuhBible.html

And as to “dispute not with the People of the Book…” issue, first you should know who are the People of the Book?
 
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Eden:
Since Islam rejects the doctrine of inherited sin and believe all men are born without sin, why do Muslim’s teach the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of Mary?
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inJESUS:
exactly, in addition to this, the “genesis” of the quran says that Adam was cast out from paradise because he sinned.
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Dear Eden and inJESUS:

You both seem to have misunderstood the Islam’s view on Adam and Eve (PBUT).

Let me expalin in little bit detail with a commentry of Assayid Mawdoodi’s Tafheem.

Surah Al-Baqarah [2:35]

وَقُلْنَا يَا آدَمُ اسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَكُلاَ مِنْهَا رَغَداً حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلاَ تَقْرَبَا هَـذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ الْظَّالِمِينَ

2:35 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.”

This shows that Adam and Eve were first kept in the “Garden” for a trial of their inclinations before they were to be sent to the Earth, the place where they were appointed as vicegerent. A tree was chosen for this purpose and they were forbidden even to go near it. They were duly warned that if they violated the command, they would be considered guilty of iniquity in the sight of Allah. The discussion as to what tree it was and why they were forbidden to go near it, is unnecessary. They were not forbidden because there was something intrinsically evil in the tree itself by which Adam and Eve could be harmed. It was chosen for the purpose of trial to see how far they remained constant on obedience to Allah’s command as against the temptations of Satan. For this purpose it was enough to select a tree. That is why Allah has not mentioned the name and any characteristics of the tree.
The Garden was a very suitable place for this trial because it was meant to show to Man that Paradise alone was the fit place for Allah’s vicegerent, but if he yielded to satanic temptations, he would deprive himself of it. The only way to regain it was to oppose the enemy successfully who was always on the look-out to mislead him
The tree has not been named or pointedd out specifically in the Quran because there was nothing intrinsically evil in the tree itself. It was merely chosen for the purpose of trial.

The Arabic word zalim is very comprehensive in its meaning. Zulm is “violation of a right or duty” and zalim is one who violates a right or duty. Anyone who disobeys Allah really violates three basic rights. First, he violates the rights of Allah Who is worthy of obedience. Second, he violates the rights of all those things and beings whom he employs in this disobedience, e.g., his own limbs and faculties, his fellow beings and those angels who contribute to the fulfilment of his will and all those things which he uses for the performance of the work of iniquity, for they have a right to be used only in accordance with the will of the real Master but it is an act of iniquity, if he abuses the powers he has over them. Lastly, he violates his own rights on himself, for his own self has a right that he should do his best to save it from destruction. He is also guilty of iniquity against himself when he brings the wrath of Allah on himself by his disobedience. That is why the Qur’an, in many places has used the term zulm for sin and zalim for the sinner.

Surah Al-Baqarah [2:36]

فَأَزَلَّهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ عَنْهَا فَأَخْرَجَهُمَا مِمَّا كَانَا فِيهِ وَقُلْنَا اهْبِطُواْ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ وَلَكُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَى حِينٍ

2:36 Then did Satan 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.”

The fact, that Satan tries his utmost to beguile man from the path of AIIah to the path of destruction, is a clear proof that he is the arch-enemy of man. On the other side, man’s humanity demands that he should fight Satan as his enemy. But it is a pity that man is so beguiled by the temptations of Satan that he begins to take him as his friend. This, however, does not mean that their mutual enmity has really been changed into friendship. It only means that man has been beguiled by his opponent and caught in the snare which has been laid for him.

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Dear Eden and inJESUS:

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Surah Al-Baqarah [2:37]

فَتَلَقَّى آدَمُ مِن رَّبِّهِ كَلِمَاتٍ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ إِنَّهُ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ

2:37 Then learnt Adam from his Lord words of inspiration, and his Lord Turned towards him; for He is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.

When Adam felt sorry for his guilt and wanted to repent and return to AIIah, he could not find appropriate words for asking Allah’s pardon. Then Allah took pity upon him on account of his grief and helplessness and taught him the appropriate words.
The Arabic word “taubah” means both “to turn back” and “to turn to”. When applied to man, it means that he has turned back from rebellion to submission, and,** when it is ascribed to Allah, it means that He has again turned with compassion to the penitent person.**

Here the Qur’ an rejects the theory that the consequences of sin are inevitable and every man shall bear these anyhow. This is one of those self invented, misleading theories which have done great harm to humanity. As a result of this, one loses for ever all hope of reform, when once one is involved in sin. Even if he feels sorry for a past sin and wants to make amends for it and changes his life for the better, this theory confronts him with despair: there is no hope for you because you are doomed for ever: you must bear the consequences of what you have done in the past.

In contrast to this, the Qur’an says, "It lies absolutely in Allah’s power to reward a virtue or to punish a sin. If you are rewarded for a virtue, it is not on account of the natural result of your virtue, but it is through Allah’s grace. He has full power to reward it or not. In the same way, if you are punished for a sin, it is not because of the inevitable consequences of the sin but because Allah has full power to punish or pardon it. Of course, being All-Wise, He does not use these powers indiscriminately, but takes into consideration the intention of the doer. If He rewards a virtue, He does so when He sees that His servant performed the good deeds to please Him. And if He rejects an apparent virtue, He does so because He knows that it lacked sincerity. In the same way, He punishes the crime which is committed in a spirit of rebellion and is not followed by self-reproach but by an evil desire to commit more crimes.

He, however, exercises His grace, and forgives the sins for which His servant feels sorry and makes up his mind to change for the better. It is thus clear that the rejection of the theory of the inevitability of punishment for sin holds out new hopes of reform for sinners. Even the worst criminals and the staunchest unbelievers need not despair of forgiveness from AIIah, provided that they confess their sins (of course, before their Lord and not before a priest), feel ashamed of their disobedience, give up their attitude of rebellion and adopt the attitude of submission instead.

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Dear Eden and inJESUS:

Surah Al-Baqarah [2:38]

قُلْنَا اهْبِطُواْ مِنْهَا جَمِيعاً فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّي هُدًى فَمَن تَبِعَ هُدَايَ فَلاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

2:38 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.

The repetition of this command after forgiveness is very significant. In the preceding verse, it has been said that Adam repented and Allah accepted his repentance. Thus Adam was not only absolved from the sin of disobedience, but his future descendants also were made immune from its effect. There was, therefore, no need for AIIah to crucify “His only son” for the atonement of the sin of Adam and of his offspring.’ On the contrary, AIIah not only accepted his repentance but also appointed him as His Messenger to show Guidance to his children. The repetition of the command, “Go down from here”, shows that the real purpose of Adam’s creation was to make him vicegerent on the Earth. He was kept in the Garden merely for trial and training. That is why he was not kept in the Garden after the acceptance of his repentance. He was sent to the Earth not by way of punishment but as a matter of course.

Surah Al-Baqarah [2:39]

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرواْ وَكَذَّبُواْ بِآيَاتِنَا أُولَـئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ

2:39 “But those who reject Faith and belie Our Signs, they shall be companions of the Fire; they shall abide therein.”

Ayaat is plural of ayah, which literally means a “sign” or “symbol” that points to something. The Qur’an has used this word in four different senses. At some places, it means merely a sign or symbol. At other places, the different phenomena of Nature have been termed as ayaat of AIIah, because each phenomenon points to the Reality which is hidden behind such curtains. Then the miracles which were given to the Messengers have also been called ayaat (signs) hecause these showed that they were the representatives of the Ruler of the universe. At some places the verses of the Book have been called “ayaat” because they point not only to the Truth and the Right but also to the Great Author of the book. It is not only the subject matter of the Book but also its words and mode of expression and its style that point to its Author. The meaning of the word ayat in a particular place becomes clear from the context in which it occurs.

The law of AIIah, contained in the verses. 38-39 about the Guidance, has been in force ever since the creation of man and will remain so up to the Last Day. It has been called Allah’s “covenant” in verse 27. It is meant to warn man not to invent a way of life for himself but to follow the Guidance of his Lord, for he is His servant as well as vicegerent. And there are only two means of knowing this: either a man should receive direct revelation from Allah, or follow the one who has received Revelation from Him. There is no third way of knowing Allah’s Will. Therefore, every other way than these two is not only wrong but also rebellion which will lead ultimately to Hell.

The story of the creation of man and the advent of mankind has been described in six other places in the Qur’ an: in Surah Al-A’raf: 11-25; Al-Hijr: 2648; Bani Isra’il: 60-b5; AI-Kahf :50 : Ta Ha:116-123, Saad:71 - 85.

It will be useful to read the same story in the Old Testament (Genesis, Chapters 1 to 3). The comparison of the Qur’ anic version with the Biblical one, will conclusively show that the Qur’an has remained intact in its pure, original and unadulterated form just as it was revealed by Allah, while the Bible has been tampered with. * (From Tafheem of Assayid Mawdoodi)*​
 
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