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So Adam sought forgiveness for His sin, and God accepted it from Him.\u00a0 Another crucial point which must be mentioned is that God created humans with a free will, and He knew that humanity would sin.\u00a0 For this reason, no human is expected to be perfect, but rather, God knows that they will sin.\u00a0 What is expected from humans is that they repent from their sin.\u00a0 The Prophet, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, said:<\/p>\n
\u201cAll children of Adam repetitively make mistakes, but the best of those who make mistakes are those who repent.\u201d (Ibn Maajah<\/i>)<\/p>\n
The Prophet also said:<\/p>\n
\u201cBy Him in Whose Hand is My soul (i.e. God), if you did not commit sins, God would do away with you and come with a race which committed sins.\u00a0 They would seek forgiveness from God and He would forgive them. (Saheeh Muslim<\/i><\/span> #4936)<\/p>\n So here we see that it was in the Great and Wise plan of God that Adam sin and that God forgive him for that sin, and to say that Adam went against the Universal Will of God by sinning is a blasphemy against the All Encompassing Knowledge, Power, and Will of God.\u00a0 Christianity goes so far as to say that God even repented from the creation of humans!\u00a0 May God be free from all defects people attribute to Him.\u00a0 In Genesis 6:6, it says to quote:<\/p>\n \u201cAnd it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart<\/b>\u201d[1]<\/span><\/p>\n To agree to this would mean that Adam did something which was out of the Will, Power, and Knowledge of God, and that God regretted His creation of humans.\u00a0 God is All-Perfect and so are His deeds, and there is no defect or shortcoming in them; He does nothing except with total and complete perfection and wisdom.\u00a0 Islam in no way agrees to this belief and, as we mentioned, all of what occurred in the story of Adam was within the perfect plan of God.\u00a0 The Prophet said:<\/p>\n \u201cIndeed God put everything into its proper measure fifty thousand years before the creation of the heavens and the earths.\u201d (Al-Tirmidhi<\/i>)<\/p>\n God mentions in the Quran what took place between the angels when He announced the creation of humans, and from this we see that it was known to God and part of His Great and Divine Plan that humans would sin.\u00a0 God says:<\/p>\n \u201cAnd (remember) when your Lord said to the angels: \u2018Verily, I am going to place (mankind) generations after generations on earth.\u2019 \u00a0They said: \u2018Will You place therein those who will make mischief therein and shed blood, – while we glorify You with praises and thanks and sanctify You.\u2019 He (God) said: \u2018Indeed I know that which you do not know.\u2019\u201d (Quran 2:30)<\/p>\n It is also clear from these verses that God did not create humans as immortal, and that death was prescribed for them from the beginning of their creation.\u00a0 As for the consequences of the sin of Adam, which was his extradition from the Garden, this was felt by those to come after him and this is only natural.\u00a0 If one was to become drunk and have a car accident, and some of the passengers die, the sin of driver effects the passengers in their death, but that does not mean that the passengers are to be held to account for the sin of the driver.<\/p>\n Another question which must be dealt with is the fate of those who came before the claim that God became incarnate and sacrificed himself for the sins of humanity, as well as the fate of those who were not baptized, as baptism is the rite which all Christians must perform in order to be cleansed of Original Sin.\u00a0 In Christian belief, all humans previous to the incarnation of God, including the Prophets and infants usually regarded as sinless, are not free from the Original Sin of Adam, and therefore cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven, As Augustine said: \u201cDo not believe, nor say, nor teach, that infants who die before baptism can obtain the remission of original sin.\u201d[2]<\/span>\u00a0 Only until recently, non-baptized infants were not buried in consecrated ground because they were believed to have died in original sin.<\/p>\n Also, we know that the verse in the Apostles\u2019 Creed, \u201c\u2026 and (Jesus) descended into Hell\u201d[3]<\/span>, is said to mean that Jesus descended to Hell to free the righteous souls who were there due to the sin of Adam.\u00a0 This leads us to believe that all those before the coming of Jesus are in Hell, even if they were from the righteous.\u00a0 Paul mentioned this himself in Galatians:<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026 a man is not justified by the works of the law …\u00a0 for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.\u201d (Galatians 2:16)<\/p>\n Here it is clear that adherence to the commandments of God is not enough for salvation, even for those before Jesus.\u00a0 This also holds true to all those who have not received the message of Christianity.\u00a0 We must ask; why did not the Prophets before Jesus call to this notion of original sin?\u00a0 Did they lie when they said that it was enough to worship One God and obey His commandments to achieve Paradise?\u00a0 Why did not God come and free humanity from sin at the time of Adam so that the righteous and others would not be in Hell due to his sin?\u00a0 Why are infants, humanity before Jesus, and others who have not heard about Christianity, held accountable for a sin they never committed, nor have knowledge about how to remit themselves from it?\u00a0 The truth of the matter is that the notion of \u201cOriginal Sin\u201d, as many others, was one introduced by Paul and later expounded on by Christian scholars and councils.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Old Testament says nothing about the transmission of hereditary sin to the entire human race\u2026 the main scriptural affirmation of the doctrine is found in the writings of St.\u00a0 Paul\u2026\u201d[4]<\/span><\/p>\n This concept though, was expounded by Augustine of Hippo, one of the most prominent Christian scholars in history.\u00a0 The basis of this concept is that \u201cthe deliberate sin of the first man (Adam) is the cause of original sin.\u201d[5]<\/span>\u00a0 The Second Council of Orange (529 C.E.) declared, \u201cOne man has transmitted to the whole human race not only the death of the body, which is the punishment of sin, but even sin itself, which is the death of the soul.\u201d[6]<\/span><\/p>\n The concept of original sin is one which has no basis in previous scriptures regarded as divine by Christianity.\u00a0 None of the Prophets before Jesus were known to have preached this concept, nor were any other beliefs or rituals based upon them.\u00a0 Rather, salvation from Hell was achieved through the belief in One God and obedience to His commandments which was preached by all Prophets, including the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, peace be upon them.<\/p>\n In Islam, the key to salvation is the belief in and worship of the One True, Unique and Perfect God and obedience to His commandments, the same message brought by all Prophets.\u00a0 Islam preaches that a person must work righteousness and avoid sin to attain Paradise, and that if one sins, that they seek repentance for it from their heart.\u00a0 Through this and the Mercy and Grace of God, they will enter Paradise.\u00a0 Islam does not deem that all those before the advent of Muhammad are doomed to Hell, but rather that each nation was sent a Prophet by the same One God, and it was upon them to follow His commandments.\u00a0 Those who have not heard of the message are not held liable to follow Islam, and God will deal with them with His Perfect Justice on the Day of Judgment.\u00a0 Infants and children of both Muslims and disbelievers alike are in enjoyment in Paradise upon death.\u00a0 Due to the infinite Justice of God:<\/p>\n \u201cNo one laden with burdens can bear another\u2019s burden.\u00a0 And We never punish (people) until We have sent (to them) a Messenger (to give warning).\u201d (Quran 17:15)<\/p>\n \n [1]King James Version.<\/p>\n [2]De Anima (III).<\/p>\n [3]The creed based on the Catechism of the Council of Trent.<\/p>\n [4]\u00a0Merriam-Webster\u2019s Encyclopedia of World Religions.\u00a0 P.830.\u00a0 1999, Merriam Webster, inc.<\/p>\n [5]De Nuptiis et Concupiscenti\u00e2, II, xxvi, 43<\/p>\n [6]Enchiridion Symbolorum, Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger. n. 175 (145)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Divine Will of the Perfect God So Adam sought forgiveness for His sin, and God accepted it from Him.\u00a0 Another crucial point which must be mentioned is that God created humans with a free will, and He knew that humanity would sin.\u00a0 For this reason, no human is expected to be perfect, but rather, 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