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Dedication

dedicatethis
I dedicate bookletto
this booklet ta Allah.
am all hope
I am hopethat he
he will accept.
accept.
also dedicate
I also dedicatethis booklet
bookletto
to
thosewho
those who search
searchthe
the truth
indebtedto
feel indebted
I feel to the great Muslim scholar
the great scholar
Ihn Taymiyyah
Ibn Taymiyyahfor his marvelous
for his marpelouswork,
work,
which I was
by which was inspired
inspired to
to study the conceptof
the concept
the Original
the Original Sin
Sin in Christianity.
I extend
extendmy thanks
thanksto who enabled
to Allah who me
enabledme
to finish
to this work.
finish this work. I also thank my honored
alsothank honored
brothers:Dr. Abdullah
brothers: Abdullah Abu-Ishi
Abu-Ishi and
and Dr. Abdurazaq
Abdurazaq
Sammandarfor
Sammandar aaluablesuggestions
for their valuable suggestionsand
and corrections.
conectians.
If there
If thereis any good
goodin this utork, it is from
this work, from Allah.
If there
If thereis any wrong,
wrong, it
it is from myself.
from myself.

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l.I. lntroduction
Introduction
Issues related
Issues related to belief
belief might seem sensitive to
seem to be sensitive
handle. However,
handle. However, with with the advances
advances in
in communication
communication and
breaking up of
the breaking of cultural barriers, becomes necessary
barriers, itit becomes necessary
investigated objectively and with
that beliefs be investigated with an open
mind. AllAll concerned
concerned religious scholars
scholars and believers need to
believers need
sympathetic ear to alternative positions or beliefs
give a sympathetic
offered by people ftom from distant cultures seeking answers to
seeking answers
resolve or at least
resolve least clarify various
various issues
issues of of a universal
universal
nature,
nature, especially,
especially, if
if such
such beliefs
beliefs are
are exported
exported other
to other
nations side by side
nations side side with all types types of merchandise. As
merchandise.
governments
govemments set set quality standards
standardson imports of of all types,
types' I
ftink it is important
think important to testtest such
suchcommon
common values values and
and beliefs
beliefs
as
as well. In particular,
particular, our relation with the
the Christian
Chdstian world
has become so close
has become so close that we
we both need
need to get
get acquainted
acquainted with
what each
each party has has to contribute to the understanding
understandingof
such
suchpressing
pressingissue.
issue.
Since '.The
Since the
the concept
concept of 'The Original Sin" in Christianity
forms
forms the cornerstoneout of which
the cornerstone which aa cluster
clusterof beliefs
beliefs like
the
the godship
godship of Jesus
Jesus (PBUH)(l),
(PBUHII), crucifixion
crucifixion and andsalvation
salvation
have
have emerged,
emerged, therefore,
therefore, it singles
singles itself out out as good
asaa good
candidate to be studied.
candidateto be studied.
The
The methodology
methodologythat that will befollowed
will be followed in in this
this analysis
analysisof of
"The
"The Original
Original Sin"Sin" involves
involves two two typestypes of of evidence.
evidence.

1.l. PB UH stands
PBUH standsfor
for peace
peaceand
andblessings
blessingsof
of Allah uponhim
be upon
Allah be (or
him (or
them for plural.)
them for plural,)
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The first
The first is
is to
to carry
carry on
on thethe study
study based
based onon all
all logical
logical
possibilities that
possibilities that would
would explain
explain the truth of
the truth of 'The
"The Original
Original
Sin". As aa matter
Sin". matter of fact,
fact, the
the writer depended
dependedon on arguments
arguments
develo@ by Ibn Taymiyah -a
developed -a thirteenth
thirteenth century
century prominent
Muslim scholar(2).
scholar(2).The
The second
second typetype of evidence
evidence used
usedto
study 'The'oThe
study Original Sin" dependeddependedon on drawing evidence
evidence
The Bible(3)
from The Bible(3) itself to reveal
revealthethe validity
validify of the
the concept
concept
Christianity.
in Christianity.
doing so,
In doing so, it is ultimately
ultimately left to thethe readers
readerswhom God
has bestowed with intellect that distinguishes
has bestowed distinguishes them
them from
ftom
other creatures,
other ponder, analyze,
creatures, to ponder, analyze, evaluate
evaluateandand then
then
decide for themselves.
decide themselves.

2. Ahmad Ibn Taymiyah

Taymiyah al-jawab
al-jawab as-sahih
as-sahih liman badala
badala deen
deen al-
masseh. Vol. I. (This copy does
masseh. Vol. does not have
have references
references to the
publisher nor to the
the year of
of publication)
publication)
3. Muslims believe
believe that God has
has revealed
revealed (The Torah) to hophet
Prophet
Moses (parts
Moses (parts of
of what is called:
called: The Old Testament
Testament and and (The
Injeel)
Injeel) to Prophet Jesus,
Jesus, parts ofof what is called The NewNew
Testament.
Testament. asas guidance
guidance to the,ir
thejr people.
people. Nevertheless,
Nevertheless, the
numerous versions
current numerous versions ofof the Bible
Bible made itit difficult
difficult to decide
which
which is the authenticated
authenticated one.
one. For
For more details about this issue
look
look at:
Ezziah Ali
Ali Taha. The
The Methodology
Methodology of of Collecting
Collecting the
Bible
Bible and the Sunnah:
Sunnah: AA comparative
comparative Studv.
Study. (Dar Al-Buhuth
AI-Bubutb Al-AI-
Elmiyyah,
Elmiyyah, Kuwait.
Kuwait. 1987)
Ahmad Deedat.
Ahmad Deedat. Is
Is the
the Bible
Bible God's
God's Word?
Word? International
International
Publishing House, (1982)
Publishing House, (1982) P.1
P.1
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Why is it important to study the
ll. Why
II.
concept *The Original
concept of "The Original Sin'
Sin" in
GhristianityP
Christianity?
- Professor
hofessor JurgenJurgen Moltmann
Moltmarur in his book: 'The 'oTheCrucified
God" said:
said:
"The death
death ofof Jesus
Jesus on the the cross
cross is the
the centre
cente ofof all
Christian theology
theology ...... all Christian statements
statements aboutabout God,
God,
about
about creation,
creation, about
about sin and
and death have their focal point in
deathhave
the
the crucified Christ.
Christ. All
All Christian
Christian statements
statementsaboutabout history,
about
about hope
hope stem
stem from the
the crucified Christ.
Christ.(a)
(4)

It is evident 'The Original

It evident that without the the concept
conceptof of 'The
Sin" there
there would be be nono need salvation or
need for crucifixion, salvation
atonement
atonementto take place.
take place.
Garner
Garner Ted Armstrong,
ArmsEong, the the Executive
Executive Vice-President
Vice-President
and
and Co-Publisher
Co-Publisher of the Magazine
the Plain truth (a Christian Magazine
from America,
America, which boasts boasts aa current,
current, free world-wide
free world-wide
circulation of 6 million
million copies
copiesaa month),
month), attempts
attemptsto answer
answer
his own puzzle puzzle under
under the the heading:
heading: "WAS
"WAS THE
RESURRECTION
RESURRECTION A HOAX?": HOAX?'':
The
The resurrection
resurrection of Jesus
JesusChrist of Nazareth
Nazareth(PBUH) is
either
either thethe supreme
supreme fact fact of history or aa flagrant,
history flagrant,
deliberate fabrication
deliberate fabrication foisted
foisted off
off on the
the followers
followers of
Christianity(S).
Christianitytt).

4.
4. Ahmad
Ahmad Deedat.
Deedat. Crucifixion or crucifiction? (Intemational
crucihction? (International
Islamic
Islamic Publishing
PublishingHouse,
House,1984.)
1984.)P.P. 2.
2.
5. THE PLAIN
PLAIN lRUTH.
TRUTH. February
February 1984.
1984. (as reported in Deedat's:
(as reported Deedat's:
Crucifixion or Crucifiction? P.
Crucifixion P. 5.
5.
 Josh
Josh McDowel (An American
American evangelist)
evangelist)said
said in his book
"The Resurrection
ResurrectionFactor":
'nI was forced
"I was forced to the the conclusion
conclusionthat
that the resurrection
resurrectionof
Jesus
Jesus Christ is either
either one
one of the
the most
most wicked,
wicked, heartless,
heartless,
vicious,
vicious, hoaxes
hoaxes ever
ever foisted
foisted upon
upon the minds of
the minds of men,
men, or it is
the
the most fantastic fact of
most fantastic of history.,,(6)
lustory."(6)
With
With all the controversy presentedabove
controversy presented above among
among some
some of
of
the
the prominent American and and other evangelists
evzurgelists around
around the
issue
issue ofof crucifixion which waswas thought
thought of to be
be necessary
necessaryto
atone
atone for thethe Original Sin,
Sin, we realize
reahze the importanceof
the importance of
investigating
investigating such a concept.
such concept.

III. How can

lll. How GanGod
God be
be crucified to save
save
humanityf
humanity?
Christians
Christians have
have exceeded
exceededall limits in relating
relating injustice
injustice to
God thethe Almighty.
Almighty. They havehave indeed
indeed undermined
undermined God in
ways that no other nation has has ever done
done before.
before. In fact,
they
they are
are far away
away from praising God
ftom praising gloriffing Him.
God or glorifying
They claim that when
when Adam (PBUH) ate atefrom the
the forbidden
forbidden
tree,
ffee, God became angry and directed
became angry and directed punishment
punishment onto him;
and punishment continued
and that punishment continued on Adam's.
Adam's offsprings
offsprings until
the
the coming
coming of Jesus
JesusPBUH). His crucifixion was was to relieve
(the generations
(the generations after him from their forefather's sin. sin.
Christians
Christians also
also claim that
that all the
the sons (PBUI{)
sons of Adam (PBUH)

6.
6. Josh
JoshMcDowell. The Resurrection
ResurrectionFactor.
Factor. In Deedat
Deedat 1984,
1984, P.
P. 5.
5.
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imprisoned by Satan,
were imprisoned even the prophets
Satan, even of God such as,
prophets of as,
Noah, Abraham,
Noah, Abraham, Moses,
Moses, David, Solomon, al. (PBUT).
Solomon, et al. (pBUT).
hand, let us
On the other hand, us see
see what the Qur'an
Qur' an says
says about
about
these
these respected
respected prophets:
prophets: [6: 84-86]
8a-86]

gave him Isaac

We gave Isaac and
and Yf
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(three) We
Jacob: all (three)
Jacob:
guided:
guided: and before him, We
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guided Noah, and among
amonghis lJ~J :1ls
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progeny,
progeny, David, Solomon,
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Job,
Job, Joseph,
Joseph, Moses,
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Thus do We reward
reward ~J u-Fi-t .~,.l*Jt Iti~
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good.
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those
those who do good.
And Zakariya andand John.
John. ..IlUl ~
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and
and Jesus
Jesusand
andElias:
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the
the ranks
ranks of the
the righteous.
righteous.
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We know
know that
that Abraham's
Abraham's father
father was nonbelieverand
was aa nonbeliever and
God
God did not punish
punish Abraham
Abraham (PBUH) for his
his father's
father's grave
grave
sin.
sin. Therefore,
Therefore, logically considered,
considered,would God God hold him
responsible
responsible for his
his forefather's
forefather's (Adam's) sin?
sin? Furthermore,
Furthermore,
the
the Christian
Christian concept
concept of The
The Original Sin assumes that
assumesthat
Adam did notno;t repent.
repent. However,
However, God hasdeclared
God has declaredthat hehe
did repent
repent and
and was
was granted
glanted forgiveness
forgiveness by Him. This This is
what
what Allah (God)
(God) the
the Almighty says
saysabout
aboutAdam
Adam (PBUH):

Then
Then learnt
learnt Adam
Adam from
from .;$ ~WS"ot*5 ~) ~
it' r~l
yl.-:9 d+.1 lrT ~
ild
his
his Lord certain
certainwords
words and
and
his
his Lord
I-ord turned
turnedtowards
towardshim;
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for He is Oft-Returning
Oft-Refurning
lQur'an 2-37]
Most Merciful. [Qur'an 2-37]
The Christians
Christianshave goneout of their way to claim that it
have gone it
was through
was through the the crucifixion, which is one
one of the grave
grave sins,
sins,
that
that God
God hashas saved
savedAdam (PBUH) and and his offsprings from
hell fire. They also
hell that it
also claim that it was
was through
through this supposed
supposed
crucifixion
crucifixion that God God was was able
able to trickftick Satan,
Satan, not
withstanding the fact that Satan disobeyed God and
Satandisobeyed and deserved
deserved
punishment since
punishment since the
the time he he refused prostrate to Adam
refused to prostrate
(PBUH) and and hehe misled
misled him to commit the sin. In fact,
the sin. fact, God
had
had the
the ability
ability to punish Satan
Satan long before the coming of of
Jesus
Jesus (PBUH). Thus,
Thus, one cannot
one cannot help
help but to question
question the
assumption
assumption as as to why the sons of
the sons of Adam are are to be held
accounted
accountedfor their forefather's
forefather's mistake.
mistake.(?)
(7)

As aa matter
matter of fact,
fact, the
the life of
of Jesus (PBUlt) is much
Jesus(pBUm
shrouded in mystery,
shrouded mystery, except
except for the three
three main years
years of
of his
profltable to discuss
ministry. It is not profitable discussthe
the many
many doubts and
doubts and
conjectures among
conjectures among the the early
early Christian sectssects and
and among
among
Muslim scholars.
scholars. The Orthodox Christian Church makes
Orthodox Christian makes itit
aa cardinal
cardinal point of its doctrine
of that his life was
docffine that was taken
taken on thethe
cross, that
cross, he died
that he died and
and was
was buried,
buried, that on the the third day he he
rose in lxxly
rose his wounds
body with his intact, and
wounds intact, and walked about about and
conversed, and
conversed, and ate disciples, and
ate with his disciples, and waswas afterwards
afterwards
taken up
taken heaven. This is necessary
up bodily to heaven. necessaryfor theologlcal
theological
doctrine of blood sacrifice
doctrine sacrifice and vicarious atonement
and vicarious atonementfor sins sins

7. Ibn
7. Ibn Taymiyah, pp.216-217.
Taymiyah,pp.216-217.
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including the the innate

innate Original Sin, which is rejected
rejected by
Islam(8).
Islam(8). However, some
However, some ofof the
the early Christian sects
sects
rejected
rejected thethe doctrine
doctrine that Jesus
Jesus was
was killed on thethe cross.
cross.
Deedat Crocifiction? pp.
Deedat in his book (Crucifixion or Crocifiction? pp. 19-38)
19-38)
has
has provided numerous
numerous references
references to the
the falsity of
of this
concept.
concept. He draw draw most
most of
of his evidence
evidencefrom the
the Bible and
and
other writings by Christian
Christian authorities.
authorities.
The issue
issue ofof crucifixion, as os presented
presented in Christianity,
only strengthens
strengthensthe the claims of
of the
the Jews
Jewsthat they were behind
they were behind
the
the crucifixion of Jesus Jesus (PBUH), that was was never
never true.
true.
Instead,
Instead, let's contemplate
contemplate on what the the Qur'an says about
saysabout
the issueof crucifixion:
the issue crucifixion:[Qur'an:
[Qur'an:4:155-159]
4:155-159]

(They have
have incurred ~\t1t
r}LI ~~J ~~
F+etior~
l^..i
flF: #.!fi \.oJ
divine displeasure):
displeasure):in that
that
they broke
broke their covenant;
covenant; ~}J
Jft ~,r JJu. ,~~, ~J.iiI,
.*rr;1r nal-i1ilrr
that
that they
they rejected
rejectedthe
the Signs
Signs ~lu'~~~,--!p
gJe ,iltte+ ,,tr.,ili tqtle
of Allah; that
that they
they slew
slew the
the
Messengers
Messengersin defiance
defianceof .~~JiJ?~~~A
said, "Our
right; that they said,
hearts
heartsare
are the
the Wrappings",
Wrappings",
Nay,
Nay, Allah hath
hath set
set the
the seal
seal
on their hearts
hearts for their
blasphemy,
blasphemy,and and little
linle is
is it
they
they believe;
believe;

8.
8. The
The Holy Qur' an: English
Qur'pn: English translation
translationof the
the meanings
meaningsand
and
commentary.
commentary. Translator
Translatornote
note # 663.
663. p.268.
p.268.
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That they
they rejected
rejectedfaith; Li~('"!.~~~;J~~J
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that
that they uttered against
they uttered against "1"
Marya grave false
Mary a grave false charge;
charge; .~
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That they
they said
said (in boast),
boast), U.t~
0'!' *e ~l
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W::i Li1 ~}J
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"W'e killed Christ Jesus
"We Jesusthe
the
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Jr-.1 .r+;r
son
son of Mary, the
the Messenger
Messenger
of Allah";
Allah"; But they
they killed ~.ul
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not, nor crucified him.
him not,
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Only aa likeness
OnIy likenessof that
that was
was
shown to them.
shown them. And those
those 0#
oy'*i\,oj OSJIt\.;'
t"f ~l ~ Cr
1l do
etill ':i! ~
who differ therein are full of
therein are
.Li*
doubts,
doubts,with no (certain)
no (certain)
knowledge. But only
knowledge.
conjectureto follow, for of aa
conjecture
suretythey
surety not.l
they killed him not.]
raisedhim up
Nuy, Allah raised
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unto himself; and
unto himself; and Allah is
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power, wise;-
exaltedin power,
exalted wise;-
none of
there is none
And there of the
the a; -,;lil !J .yu(lt J"i if oJ.l
peopleof the
people must
the book but must
believein Him before
believe his
beforehis g+Jt J-& i"h+lt?H sr, #
death; and on the
death;and the Day of .'~
.lJi{-b
JudgmentHe will
Judgment will be
be aa
witness against
witness againstthem.
them.
In the
In the Qur' versesabove,
arnc verses
Qur'anic above, there
there isis aa catalogue
catalogueof
iniquities of which
iniquities which the Jews were
the Jews guilty, and
were guilty, and for these
these
iniquitieswe
iniquities mustunderstand
we must understand someof such
some wordsas:
suchwords "they
as: "they
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are under
underdivine displeasure,,(9). Their (the
displeasure"(o).Their (the Jew)
Jew) iniquities
were:
were:
1.
l. that
that they
they broke
broke their Covenant;
Covenant;
2.
2. thatthat they
they rejected
rejected Allah's (God's) guidanceguidance as as
conveyed
conveyedby His messengers;
messengers;
3.
3. that they
they killed Allah's messengers
messengersand and incurred a
double
double guilt which included murder murder and
and that of
of deliberate
deliberate
defiance
defianceof Allah's law; and and
4.
4. they
they imagined
imagined themselves
themselvesarrogantly
arrogantly self-sufficient,
self-sufficient,
which meansmeans aa blasphemous
blasphemousclosing
closing ofof their hearts
hearts
forever
forever against
againstthe admissionof
the admission of Allah's
Allah's grace.
grace.
then
then begins
begins another
another series
series ofof iniquities from a different
different
point of view:
view:
1.
1. that they
they rejected
rejectedfaith;
raith;
2. that they
2. made false
they made false charges
chargesagainst
againsta godly woman
like Mary, who was was chosen
chosenby Allah
A[ah to be the mother of of
Jesus;
Jesus;
3.
3. that theythey boasted
boasted of having
having killed Jesus
Jesus when they
whenthey
were
were victims of their own self-hallucination;
self-hallucination;
4. that
4. that they peoplefrom Allah's
hinderedPeOple
they hindered Allah's way; and
and
5.
5. they meansof usury
they by means and fraud
usury and fraud they
they oppressed
oppressedtheir
fellow-men.
fellow-men.(10) (10)

The false charge

The false charge against
against Mary was she was
was that she was
unchaste. Such aa charge
unchaste. Such bad enough
chargeis bad make against
enough to make against any
particularly irreverent
woman, but it is particularly
woman, irreverent to be made against
be made against

9. They Holy Our'an,

Qur'-an, translator 659, p. 266.
translator footnote 659,
10.
10. Such
Such dealings are prohibited
dealingsare prohibited in the ltrk at (Ezekeil
the Bible. Look
18:8)
18:8) Nevertheless, they insist
Nevertheless, they insist in acting
acting against the Gospel.
againstthe Gospel.
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Mary tlre
Mary the mother
mother of of the prophet
prophet of Jesus (PBUH).
of Allah, Jesus
rejected his message
Jews rejected
The Jews message from the beginning by
Allah's power through
ridiculing Allah's extraordinary birth (See
through his exfraordinary (See
The Holy Qur'an
Qur'an 17:27-28). Chastity
17:27-28). Chastityof women of women is higttly
highly
because it is such
respected because
respected such an essential aspect of
essential aspect of their
and honor that nobody
dignity and nobody could doubt, unless he or she
doubt, unless she
evidence, . four eye
brings strong evidence,· witnesses, that she
eye witnesses, she
committed an an unchaste act. If
unchaste act. tf they failed so, they will
railed to do so, will
be flogged with eighty lashes lashes and debarred from being
and debarred being
competent
competent witnesses.
witnesses. (See (See the the verse
verse that about this
that talks about
matter
matter in The Holy Qur'anQur'an 24:4)
24:4)
Several
Several sects
sects ofof Christianity
Christianity like the the Basilidans rejected
Basilidansrejected
the issue of crucifixion of
the issue of Jesus (PBUH) and
Jesus(PBUR) and believed that
believed that
some
some oneone else
else waswas substituted
substituted for him. Docetae
him. The Docetae
(another sect
(another sectofof Christians)
Christians)held that never had
that Christ never had aa real
real
physical or natural
physical natural body,
body, but only an an apparent or phantom
apparent phantom
body.
body. The The gospel
gospelof of St.
SL Barnabas
Barnabassupported
supportedthe the theory
theory that
that
Christ
Christ was substitutedon the
was substituted the cross.
cross.{tt)
(11)

Moreover,
Moreover, the th€ Christians
Christians saysay that
that Christ (PBUH) was was aa
man
man andand aa godgod at
at the
the same
sametime.time. He purposely
He purposely allowed the the
unbelievers
unbelievers to crucify
crucify him; so so Jesus (god to them) would
Jesus(god
trick
tick Satan(l2).
Satan(rz). They They claim claim that
that Jesus
Jesus concealed
concealed hishis
identity as
as god,
god, so
so that Satan
Satan would not know him. They
say
say that
that he
he allowed
allowed hishis foes
foesto take him, beat
take him, beathim up up and
and
spit
spit on
on his
his face. (13) According
face.(l3) According to to them,
them, he he also
alsoallowed them
allowed them
11.
I 1. The
The Holy
Holy Qur'an:
Qur'au translator
translalor footnote
footnote ## 663, p. 286.
663, p. 286.
12.
12. Ibn Taymiyah, p.
Ibn Taymiyah, 216.
p.216.
13.
13. What
What does
does the
the Qur'an
Qur'an saysay about
about this?
this? "They
"They did
did not
not crucify
crucify him
him nor
nor
did they kill
did they kill him
him ..."
..."
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crucify him and

to crucify and put the thorns on his head;
head; and showed
of death.
the fear of death. Then,
Then, he started
started saying:
saying:
"Eloi, sabachtani?
"Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachtani?
Which means, 'lMy God,
means, "My God, MyMy God, have you
God, why have
forsaken
forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46).
27:46).
These
These words
words according Christians were spoken
accordingto Christians spoken so so that
the Devil will
will not know that he was was "God"
"God" or "the of
son of
God". Satan
Satanwants
wants to take
take his soul as he did
soul to the hell fire as
to Noah,
Noah, Abraham,
Abraham, Moses
Moses and prophets (PBUT)
and other prophets (PBUn and
believers.
believers. Therefore,
Therefore, God God will
will argue
argue against
against Satan
Satan by
saying, 'For what reason
''For reason did you take
take my soul T' Satan
soul?" Satan
saying,
would reply,
reply, "Because
"Becauseof your your sin".
sin". Then god's human
Thengod's human side
side
would reply:
reply: "I"I have
have no sins
sins like other prophets. They had
other prophets.
sins
sins by which they they deserve
deservethat
that their souls be thrown in hell
souls be
fire." They
They (the
(the Christians)
Christians) also say that in this way God
also say that
was
was able
able to establish pretext (evidence)
establishaa pretext punish Satan.
(evidence) to punish Satan.
Therefore,
Therefore, it became
became permissible punish Satan
permissible for god to punish Satan
and save
and save the
the children
children of Adam
Adam from Hell-fire.
Such
Such claims
claims are relating injustice to God
arefull of falsity in relating
the
the Almighty. Who dares daresto speak
speakabout such away?
about God in such away?
This has
hasindeed
indeedterribly rebuked
rebukedthe knowledgeof God,
the knowledge God, His
wisdom
wisdom and justice in an
and justice an unprecedented manner. God
unprecedentedmanner. says
God says
in the
theHoly Qur'an:
Qur'an:[Qur'an
[Qur'an 18:109]
18:109]

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We will go through
will go through testing
testing these
these claims
claims in aa logically
organized mannerfrom several
organizedmanner severalangels.
angels.
If we
If we accept
acceptthat
that Jesus (PBUH) was
Jesus(PBUH) was saying:
saying:"Eloi, Eloi,
lama sabachtani?
lama sabachtani?and he was
and he not telling the
was not the truth but just to
deceive
deceive Satan,
Satan, he, then is accused
he, then accused of lying. However,
However,
Muslims believe prophetof God will
believe that aa prophet will never
never lie, since
since
all the prophets of God
the prophets God are are infallible. TheThe only other
other
alternative
alternative is that Jesus
Jesus(PBUH) did not know that that he
he was
was
the
ttre "son of God" and this is absolutely
and this absolutely out of the
of the question.,
question.,
Therefore,
Therefore, we are are left
Ieft with the the third and
and most probable
option
option which is that
that Jesus
Jesus(PBUH) was was aa manY4)
man.(tn)

lV. What
1V. What is the real nature
the real nature of Christ
Christ
(PBUH)p
(PBUH)?
If Satan
If Satanhas
has taken
taken the
the children
children of
of Adam for their father's
father's
sin,
sin, then
then there
there is no difference between the
differencebetween the human
human nature
natureof
of
Christ andand other
other humans.(15)
humans.(tt) There
There are
are many places in the
many places
Jesus (PBUH) said
where Jesus
Bible where said that (or refened
referred to himself)
as the son
as the of man
son of man among
among which:
which:
a. 'come to see,
"Come see, a man who told meme everything
everything I ever
a.
14. Taymiyah, p.216.
14. Ibn Taymiyah,
15.
1 5 .Ibid. p.. 2218.
Ibid. p 18.
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did...) (John
did...) (John 4:29)
4:29)
b. "Ye "Ye men
men of
of Israeln
Israel, hear
hear these
these words: Jesus of
words: Jesus of
Nazareth. A
Nazareth. A MAN
MAN approved
approved of among you by miracles
of God among miracles
and wonders
and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the
and signs, the midst
of you,
of you, as as ye yourselves also know." (Acts 2:22)
yourselves also 2:22)
fact, Jesus
In fact, Jesus (PBUH) was was never
never quoted in the Bible as
quoted in as
saying
saying that he he was
was the
the son
son of
of God.
God. In addition to thethe fact
prophets of
that other prophets of God were referred to in the BibleBible as
as
the sons
the sons of God as (Psalms 2:7) Where
as in; (Psalms Where David was was
referred
referred to asas the
the son
son of God;
God;
"He saidsaid to me,
me, "you are
are my Son;
Son; today
today I have
have became
became
your father"
Why is not David (PBUH) considered considered "a son
son of
of God"
also in the
also the same same way as Jesus
as Jesus (PBUH) has
has been
been perceived?
perceived?

v.
V. What (PBUH)
Adam's (PBUH)
What is the fate of Adam's
proEenyP
progeny?
If they
If they say
say that
that generations
generationsof people after Christ were
peopleafterChristwere
like those
thosewho came
cameafter
after him; how can be that
can it be that Satan
Satanwas
was
allowed to take
take hold of the
the previous
previous generations
generationsbut not thethe
latter ones,
ones, although
although they
they are
are equally
equally related
related to Adam
Adam
(PBUH)? They They have
have also
alsocommitted greatersins
committed greater sinsthan
than those
those
of the
the prophets
prophets of God
God before
beforethem.
them. How comecomeSatan was
Satanwas
given the chance
given the chance to punish
punish the
the preceding
preceding prophets
prophets to Jesus
Jesus
and
and relieving
relieving tyrants
tyrants and
and unbelievers proceeding Jesus
unbelievers proceeding Jesus
(PBUH)
(PBUH) fromfrom punishment?
punishment?
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Vl. Who
VI. gaveSatan
Whogave Satanthe
the Authority?
AuthorityP
The claim that Satan
The Satanwaswas allowed
allowed to drive the the children of
Adam into hell could only havehave oneone of the
the following
following two
entailments; either
entailments; either what SatanSatan has has done
done is injustice
injustice
committed
committed by him against against thethe offsprings
offsprings of Adam or what what
ever he has
ever he hasdone
done is just.
a) If
a) If such
such actions were just, then
actions were then Satan
Satanwouldn't be be
blamed
blamed and and there
there would be re&sonfor Christ to prevent
be no reason
practisingjustice.
him from practising justice. On thethe contrary,
contrary, Satan
Satanshould
should
granted the
be granted the opportunity to taketake hold ofof those
those before and
and
after Jesus
after (PBUH).
Jesus(PBUH).
b) If If what
what Satan
Satanhad
had been
beendoing
doing were
were injustice and
and God
did not prevent him from committing thenl them before
before the coming
of
of Christ, we are faced with two conclusions;
are faced conclusions; either
either God
was incapable
was (God
incapable (God forbid) of preventing such
of preventing such injustice or
He was
was able
able to stop
stop it but He did not. If so,
not. If so, then
then there
there is no
deference
deference had had injustice been prevented
injustice been prevented in a certain
certain time or
another.
another.

Vll. Should Satan

VII. Should punishedP
be punished?
$atan be
If Satan
If Satan had been excused,
had been before Christ came,
excused, before came, to take
take
people
people to hell because
becauseofof their father's sin, then
father's sin, then there
there is no
need to persecute
need persecute or even
even blame
blame him. If If Satan was not
Satanwas
excused then there
excused there is no need
need to deceive
deceive him by holding him
him
responsible
responsible for his crimes, because he deserved
crimes, because deserved persecution.
persecution.
If Jesus (PBUH) did not establish
If Jesus establish evidence
evidence on Satan
Satan
before crucifixion
before crucifixion andand he
he did not crucify hifir,
him, Satan
Satancould
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did not know that this man represented
human side of of God; and God had permitted him him to take the
children ofof Adam to hell. This (Jesus)
(Jesus) was
was one of them. II
of them.
had no knowledge
knowledge that you had been been incarnated with him.
incarnated with
Had II known that,
that, II would have Therefore, II
have glorified him. Therefore,
excused in doing
am excused doing that, so so do not practise
practise injustice
me.
against me.
against
We could assume
assume that Satan
Satanmight say therein; "Oh my
say therein;
the only human
God! This is the human that I have
have mistakenly taken his
mistakenly taken
soul.
soul. However,
However, I have the right to take
have the take the
the souls of people
souls of people
after him (Christ) asas I had it before him, due to either their
father's
father's sin
sin or their
their own sins". If what
sins". If what the
the Christians say is
Christianssay
true, then
true, then GodGod would need another
need another pretext
pretext to hold Satan
Satan
responsible
responsiblefor what
what he
he has
has done.
done.

VIII.
Vlll. Was Satangiven
WasSatan pcrmi$sionto
$ivenpermission
deceiveP
deceive?
If we
If we say
say that
that Adam
Adam (PBUH) has hascommitted
commitleAaa sin and
sin and
his children
his children have
have also
also committed
committed sins
sins through
through Satan's
Satan's
deception,
deception, then then is it up
is it up to God
God or Satan punish them
Satanto punish them forfor
their
their sins? If we
sins? If we think thatthat any
any reasonable personwould say
reasonableperson say
that
that Satan
Satan has
has the
the right to to deceive
deceive the Adam,
children of Adam,
thechildren
then
then willwill he
he bebe granted
granted the the authority
authorityto persecutethem
to persecute them allall
without God's
without God's permission?
permission? Is
Is not
not this
this claim
claim borrowed
borrowed from
from
the
the Maguses
Maguses whowho say
saythatthat every
every evil
evil sin
sin and persecutionfor
andpersecution for
itit is
is carried out by
carried out by the
the Satan?
Satan?GodGod has nothing to
hasnothing to do with
do with
these
thesethings.
things. HeHe does
doesnot not persecute
persecuteanybody
anybodyfor for the
the sins that
sinsthat
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has committed. No doubt that such beliefs have

she has
he or she
found their way into Christianity from Magus. Magus. Therefore,
Therefore,
there
there is no evidence
evidence to support
support these
these claims,
claims, neither
neither from
revealed books
the revealed books nor from anyof any of thedisciples.
the disciples. So,
So, the
Marinates sects
Marinates sects ofof Mazdasim
Mazdasim and and Christianity is basically a
combination
combination of Mazdasim and
of Mazdasim and Christianity.
Christianity, Their leader
leader
(Mani) was was a Il)agi-Christian.
4agi-Christian. Indeed
Indeed the
the relationship
relationship
between the
between the two religions
religions is very strong.(16)
strong.(r6)
Has Satan
Has persecuted the children of
Satrn persecuted of Adam and and sent
sent them
to hell with or without the the permission
permission of God? God? If If they
believe that
believe that it was
was with the
the permission
permission of
of God,
God, then
then Satan
Satan
does
does not deserve
deserye to be be persecuted;
persecuted; if if it has
has not had
had the
permission
permission of God, God, then
ttren is it fair to say say that God would
allow Satan
Satanto practise
practisesuch
suchinjustice?
injustice? If If these
thesewere
were allowed
by God to happen at one
happen at one time, time, then
then it would be allowed
be allowed atat
all times,
times, and
and vice
vice versa.
versa. There
Thereis no no difference
difference between
betweenthethe
time before
beforeJesus
Jesusand andthethe time
time after
after him.
him.

lX. Could
IX. not God
Couldnot stop Satan?
Godstop SatanP
Could God
God stop
stop Satan
Satan and
and persecute
persecute him without this
this
scheme
scheme (God's incarnation
incarnation in a human
a human form,
form, in the
the
character
character of Jesus
Jesusasasclaimed
claimed by Christians
Christiansto deceive Satan
deceiveSatan
and made him think that
and made that Jesus
Jesuswaswasaa man),
man), and
and would it be
be
right for God
God to do
do so? If the
so? If the answer
answerisis negative,
negative, then
then God
God
does
does not
not need
needto plot aa scheme
schemeto deceive
deceiveSatan
Satanand
andcrucify

16.
1 6 Ibid.
.Ibid.pp.217-218.
pp. 2l7- 218 .
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'Was
Himself or "His son,
son, Jesus".
Jesus". Was it an
an obligation upon God
practise justice on Satan
to practise Satan by stopping
stopping him from his
mischievous acts?
mischievous acts? If If it were not, then
were not, then Satan
Satanwould be be
permitted to operate
pennitted operatehis evil doings
doings at
at all times
times since
since there
there is
no difference between
between one one time andand another.
another. If If the
the
Christians
Christians claimed
claimed that God was was incapable
incapable of stopping
stopping
Satan,
Satan, then
then they
they would bebe accusing
accusingGod of of being powerless
being powerless
forbidden) to restrain
(God forbidden) resftain Satan.
Satan. Such perception of
Such aa perception of God
is considered religions as
considered by all religions as the
the worst type ofof disbelief.
disbelief.
Such
Such aa conclusion
conclusion is similar to the
the atheists'
atheists'claim that light
light
preventthe
could not prevent the world from evil.

x.
X. Did God
Did God allow the crucifixion
Grucifixion of Jesus?
JesusP
How about
about what thethe disbelieving
disbelieving Jews
Jews have
have done
done to
Christ (PBUH), by helping
helping the
the Roman
Roman soldiers,
soldiers, as
as claimed,
claimed,
(according to the
to crucify him (according the Christian
Christian beliet)? (See
belieQ? (See
Matthew 26:47-75).
26:47-75). Were
Were they
they obeying
obeying or disobeying
disobeying God
by doing so? If they
so? If they were obeying
obeying God,
God, then
then the Jews
Jews who
crucified Christ (PBUH) deserve
desewe aa reward
reward from God for
obedience, just like any
their obedience, any other obeying believers.
believers. In
fact, nearly all Christians agreeagree that the
the Jews
Jews were
were the
the
greatest
greatest sinners
sinnersamong
amongmenmen and
and the
the worst creatures
creaturesofof God.
God.
Not only that, but they also
also curse
curse them and would go on to
and would
the
the extend
extendof
of permitting
permitting the
the shedding
sheddingof of their blood.(17)
blood.(r7)
17.
17. Let us
us look at what Maryam
Mury*t Jameelah
Jameelah(a fOffiler
fonner Jewish woman)
has
has written about
about the
the enmity Christians
Christians have
have against
againstJews.
Jews.
Maryam Jameelah. Islam in Theory and
Maryam Jameelah. kactice. (H. Farooq =
and Practice. =
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They have designated a time to persecute

have designated persecute tlre
the Jews
Jews at the
days of
last days of their fasting(rE)
fasting(18) to commemorate
commemorate the the days
days of
of
crucifixion. Moreover,
Moreover, if if those
those Jews
Jews were
were disobedient,
disobedient,
could not God prevent
prevent them
them from crucifying Christ?Christ? If If God
could not,
not, then
then He would not be able able to prevent
prevent Satan
Satanfrom
ftom
oppressing
oppressing the the coming generations. If
coming generations. If God could prevent
Godcouldprevent
people committingsins
people from committing sinsand
andHe did not,not, then
thenHe was
was able
able
to stop Satan
to stop Satan with no
no need for
need such such a scheme
scheme to deceive
deceive him.
him.
On the other hand, hand, if if the act of of crucifixion
crucifixion were
were
approved
approved by God, God, then
then it would be be alright to give Satan
Satanthethe
ability to oppress
oppress the
the children
children of Adam (PBUH) in the past
the past
and
and in the
the future.
future.
Therefore,
Therefore, there
there would have have been
been no needneed for God to
deceive Satan.(19)
deceiveSatan.(le)
By now,
now, we have
have come
come to realize
realize that
that there
there is no doubt
doubt
that any
any mature
matureperson
personwill
will recognize
recognizethe the corruption
comrption that
has
has come
come to Christianity.
Christianity. The purposehere
The purpose here is to explain

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= Associates
AssociatesLTD. Lahore.
Lahore. 1983)
1983) p.
p. 1.
l.
"From aa very early age,age, I wondered
wondered what I being
being Jewish
Jewish really
meant.
meant. I suppose
supposeI first began
began to wonder whenwhen atat Easter-time
Easter-time
Christian
Christian classmates
classmatesat at school called me "Christ killer". As soon
schoolcalled soon
as
as the
the Easter
Easter season
seasonhadhad passed,
passed, they
th"y were
were miraculously
transfonned
hansfomred into friendly play mates the reminder of
mates for the of the
the year.
year.
When I once
once asked
askedaa little Roman
Roman Catholic boy in my class class Why
why
he
he did this,
this, he
he said
said that
that the
the priest
priest had
had told him
bim to."
18.
18. Fasting
Fasting was
was prescribed
prescribedto to the
the Christians
Christians in the
the Bible as
as in:
"When you fast fast do not look somber
somber asas hypocrites
hypocrites do" Matthew
6:16.
6:16. Who observes
observesfasting
fasting nowadays?
nowadays?
19.
19. Ibn Taymiyah,
Taymiyah, p.218.
p. 218.
 some of
some of the
the discrepancies
discrepanciesthatthat they
they have
have asas excuses
excuses for
for
themselvesin
themselves in order
order not
not to
to accept
acceptbelieving
believing in
in Allah,
Allah, in
in His
His
book (The Qur'an),
book (The prophet(Mohammed
Qur'an), in His prophet (MohammedPBUH) and and
(Al-Islam).
religron (AI-Islam).
in His religion
Allah is just and
Allafr is anddoes
doesnot order people to believe in or do
order people
what they
what they can not. God,
can not. praisebe
God, praise be to Him, has
has never
never asked
asked
people for anything
people anything that is beyond
beyond their ability. It is
unfortunate that
unfortunate that Christians
Christianscontinue
continue to attribute
attributeunspeakable
unspeakable
injustice to God.
injustice God. No believer
believerhashasever done so,
ever done before.
so.before.

Xl. How
XI. Howdoes
doesIslam
lslam view
viewman?
manp
human being,
Every human being, Islam affinns,
affirms, stands
standsto benefit
ftom these
from thesedivine dispensations.
dispensations.The road road to felicity
felicity is a free
free
and openopen highway which anyone anyone may tread of
of his own
accord. Everybody is innately endowed
accord. endowed with all these
theserights
and privileges. God hashas granted
granted them
them to all without
without
discrimination.
discrimination. "Nature", "the earth'n,earth", 'the
''the heavens"
heavens" all
belong to each
each and every human.
human.
lndeed,
Indeed, God has has done
done all this and
and even more! He has has
implanted His own religion
religion (Fitratr)
(Fitrah) into
into every human birth.
The tmetrue religion
religion inin innate, with
with which
which all humans
humans are are
equip@.
equipped.
Behind Ihe
the dazzling
dazzlingreligious diversity of of mankind stands
stands
an innate
innate religion inseparable
inseparable from humanhuman nature.
nature. This
TIlls is
the pnmordial
primordial religion, Ur-religion, the one and only only true
religion.
religion. [Qur'an:
[Qur'an: 3:19]
3:19]
 T6e rrutfi
rrte t6e origina[
Phout tfie
Tr1i$a6out sin
Or{l/il1//!sin @

The religion
The religion before
before Allah
Allah is
is U,g ~")\....,'jl drr
1..0J p}-,)f 1»1 .rrs ~..ul A1
J..o;- Or.rJr~1
Islam (submission
Islam (submission to to His
His
Will): nor did the peoPle
people of
of ~ IJ
dt' ~1 ./l;(Jt
y\:SJ1 tgi ~jl, ,-,lkzt
J1Ji i/..iJt~I
Will):
book dissent therefrom
the book ~J~ ~~,~~~
t!.d'll goob b\.A~&{
crJ F.6+r
except through envy of
except of each
each
other, after knowledge had rjr lr
Ur 4J~ Jrr
1»1 orj ~44 l*
luI drlli ~
come to them.
them. But ifif anY
any ..+tJt
.yt....J.1
Signs of
deny the Signs of Allah,
Allah is swift
Allatt swift in calling
accounting.
accounting.
Everyone possesses it unless
Everyone possesses unless acculturation
acculturation and and
indoctrination,
indoctrination, misguidance,
misguidance, corruption dissuasionhave
colruption or dissuasion have
taught
taught him otherwise.
otherwise.
Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) said:
Prophet Mohammed newborn child
said: "Every newborn
is born
born on
on the
the innate
innate nature
nature(Islam =
(Islam complete surrenderto
completesurrender
Allah). Then
Then his his parents
parents change
change him into Judaism, Judaism'
Christianity or r{20)
Magianism.,,(20)
Chri stianity or Magianis*.
Finally, Islam
Islam entertains
entertainsno no idea "the fall
ideaof "the fall of man", no
of man", no
concept
concept ofof "original
"original sin".
sin". It holds no
It holds man to
no man standin an
to stand an
innate,
innate, necessary
necessarypredicament
predicamentout out of which he
of which he can
cannotnot pull
himself.
himself. Man,
Man, itit holds,
holds, is is innocent.
innccent. He is born
He is his
with his
born with
innocence. Indeed. he
innocence. Indeed, he isis born
born with thousand
with aa thousand given given
perfection,
perfection, with
with faculties
faculties of of understanding,
understanding,and andan innate
aninnate
sense
sensewith
with which
which to to know
know thethetrue
ffue God.
God. In this all
In this menare
all men are

20.
20.Kauthar
KautharM.
M. AI-Minawi.
Al-Minawi. The
TheChild's
Child's Rights in Islam.
Rightsin Islam.
Translated
Translatedby
by Saifuddin
SaifuddinH.
H' Shaheen. (SafirPress,
Shaheen.(Safir Riyadh.
PressnRiyadh.
1992.)
1992.)
equal, since
equal, sinceitit follows
followsfrom
fromtheir
theirvery
veryexistence,
existence,from
fromtheir
their
creation.TItis
creation. Thisis is the
thebasis
basisof IslamicUniversalism.
of Islamic Universalism.(21)
(21)

Xll. Conclusion
XII. Conclusion
To summarize,
To summarize, this this book presentssome
book presents someof thethe possible
possible
logical arguments
logical arguments concerning
concerningthethe idea
idea of the
the "Original Sin"
as the
as the mostmost important
important belief in Christianity
Christianity on whichwhich
believes like crucifixion and
believes and salvation
salvationhave
havebeen
beenbuilt. We we
conclude by summarizing
conclude summarizing all the the logical
logical possibilities
possibilities in
regard to Christian
regard christian beliefs
beliefs around
aroundthe idea of "The Original
the idea original
Sin".
Sin".
1) The first position
1) position assumes
assumesthat God does does what ever
ever
wants with no wisdom,
He wants wisdom, rationality or justice.
justice. Just
Just like
what the determinists
determinists say. say.
2) The second
second position assumes assumes that God performs
performs
justice
justice which is required required of of people
people (using
(using people's
people's
standards);
standards); as as itit is the claim ofof the
the fatalists.
fatalists.
3) The third position assumes
assumes that God is all Just Just and
and He
is free ftom
free from committing all forms forms of of injustice.
injustice. However,
However,
His justice
justice differs from that of of His creation.
creation.
Based
Based on the lhree three assumptions
assumptions mentioned
mentioned above,
above, we
will
will examine
examine the christians'
Christians' belief
belief regarding
regarding the idea of of the
"Original Sin" the the crucifixion of of Christ (PBUH) and and
21.
21. Isma'il
Isma'il al-Faruqi.
al-Faruqi. Towards
Towards aa Critiqal
Critical World
World Theology.
Theology.
Towards
Towards Islamaization
Islamaization of
of Disciplines.
Disciplines. (The
(The International
International
Institute
Institute of Islamic Theology,
ofIslamic Theology, 1989)
1989) p.
p. 443.
443.
 Satan in
putting Satan in charge
charge of of taking
taking his
his soul. Therefore, three
soul. Therefore, three
arguments will
arguments will be advanced
advanced to account
account for
for these
these claims.
a. IfIf we follow
a. assumption, then God has
follow the first assumption, has the
right to give Satan
right children of
Satan the power over the children of Adam
Adam and
persecute them all without
persecute without any sin that they might might have
have
committed. So,
committed. So, there
there is no need need to scheme
scheme a pretext for
Satan.
Satan.
b. If take the
If we take the second assumption into consideration,
second assumption consideration,
we know ifif one one realizes
realizes that oneone of servants had
of his servants had
commanded
commanded another person to commit a sin that
another person that the master
the master
dislikes,
dislikes, it it would be be just for him to persecute
persecute both the one one
who commanded
commanded and and the one obeyed. It would not be
one who obeyed.
just to empower
empowerthe the unjust (the commanding
unjust (the commandingone) punish
one) to punish
the commanded one.
the commanded one. It is not not just either empower the
either to empower the
unjust
unjust commander
commanderto transgress
fiansgressagainst
againstthethe offsprings the
offsprings of the
commanded
commanded one one who did not participatein their father's
not participate father's sin.
sin.
If we
If we say
saythat
that he
he has
has the
the right to enslave
enslavethemthem because
becausetheir
father
father had
hadobeyed
obeyedhim,him, then
thenhe
he should
shouldhavehavethethe right to hold
the
the ancestors
ancestors andandthe
the offsprings
offsprings accountable. Therefore, it
accountable.Therefore,
is
is not
not right
right to
to withdraw
withdraw his right by deceiving him. If
hisrightbydeceivinghim. If has
has
the
the right to make
to make themthem responsible
responsible for
for their
their father's
father's sins,
sins,
then
then hehe is
is free
free to punish
punish them
them both,
both, the
the forefathers and the
forefathers and the
offsprings.
offsprings.
If it
If it is
is said
saidthat
that after
afterSatanSatanhad
hadtaken
takenthethe human sideof
humanside of
Jesus (PBUH), he
Jesus (PBUH), he was thenwas then prevented
prevented from
from taking
taking Adam's
Adam's
progeny
progeny thereafter. If itit were
thereafter. If wereso,
so, this
this sin
sin of
of Satan would be
Satanwould be
the
tlre least
least ofof all
all his
his sins,
sins, because
becausehe hadnot
hehad not known he
that he
known that
(Jesus
(Jesus(PBUH),
(PBUH), according
according to to the
the Christian
Christianbelieve, was
believe, was
 T~ Tm~ uhoUl tPe Or{ljiJUJIsin

representingthe
representing thehuman
humanside sideof God. If
of God. If Satan
Satanhadhadbeen
beengiven
given
the permission to
the permission to enslave
enslave the theoffsprings
offspringsof of aa man,
man, then
thenhe he
would have
would have one,
one, thinking
thinking thatthathehe himself
himself waswasfrom
from thenl,
them,
but he
but he was
was notnot from
from them.
them. 1his
This mistake
mistakewould
would not not prevent
prevent
him from
him from enslaving
enslaving the rest. So,
the rest. So, ifif Satan
Satanmistakenly
mistakenly took
Jesus (PBUH) as
Jesus (PBUH) asaa son
sonof
of man,
man, this
this should
shouldnot not prevent
preventhim
from taking
from taking the
the rest.
rest.
c. The
c. The third assumption
assumptionis is that the justice of God
that the God is not
like that
that of His creatures',
creatures', but rather
rather aa characteristic
characteristicof His
justice is that
justice that He
He does not lessen
does not lessenthethe merits
merits of anyone
anyoneand and
does not punish
does punish anybody
anybody but for what what he he or she
she has
has
committed. Therefore,
committed. Therefore, it is not
not right for GodGod to punish
punish the
the
children of Adam
children (PBUH) for their
Adam (PBUH) their father's
father's sin.
sin. It is also
also
not right for God punish the
God to punish prophetswho have
the prophets have no sin,
sin,
since all the
since prophetsare
the prophets are infallible and
and innocent.
innocent.(22)
(22)

So, if
So, if they
they die with no sin for which they they deserve
deserveto be
punished,
punished, how can can they be punished
punished after ttreythey die for their
father's
father's sin even assume that he (Adam pBUH)
even ifif we assume PBUH) had
died insisting
died insisting on his sin,
sin, although
although this
this is a false
false assumption.
assumption.
And ifif we also also make
make another
another false
false assumption
assumption that fhe the
prophets
prophets havehave sins
sins for which they deserve deserve to be punished
punished
after death
death and the the empowerment
empowerment of of Satan
Satan to punish ttlem,
them,
people
people who are are not prophets
prophets after Jesus Jesus (PBUH)
(PBUH) deserve
deserve
22.
22. Allah
Allah says
says inin the
the Holy Qur'an, "Say
Holy Qur'an, "Say shall
shall II seek
seek for
for (my)
(my) Lord
Lord
other
other than
than Allah.
Allah. When
When HeHe isis the
the Cherisher
Cherisher of of all
all things?
things?
Every
Every soulsoul draws
draws the
the meed
meed of
of its
its acts
acts onon none
none but
but itselft
itself: no
no
bearer
bearer of of burdened
burdened can can bear
bear the
the burden
burden of of another,
another, your
your return
return
in
in the
the end
end is
is towards
towards Allah:
Allah: IIe
He will
will tell
tell you
you the
the ruth
truth of
of the
the
things wherein you
things wherein you disputes. [6: 164]
disputes. [6:164]
 T~ rruti
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TnttPalou tPe Or{lfiJUJIsin

punishment.
punishment. How can
How can we accept justice
we accept that poses
justice that poses an an
illogical double
illogical double standard
standard by by allowing
allowing the punishmentof
the punishment ofthe
the
prophets and
prophets and not
not punishing
punishing thosethose whowho are subordinate to
are subordinate to
them?
them?
The idea of of crucifixion
crucifixion as as attributed
attributed to the theme
to the ofthe
theme of the
"Original Sin"
"Original Sin" is not incompatible
incompatible only only with human intellect
with human intellect
and understanding
and understanding of justice, but also is contradictory to
ofjustice, to the
the
teachings of
teachings of the Bible itself.
itself. Ezekiel (18:20)
Ezekiel (18:20) reads:reads:
,.The
"The soulsoul who sins
sins is the one who will will die. The son will will
not share
share the guilt
guilt of
of the father,
father, nor will
will the father share
share the
th~
guilt ofof the son.
son. The righteousness
righteousness of
of the righteous
righteous man will
will
be credited
be creditedto him, and wickednessof
and the wickedness the wicked will
of the will be
charged
chargedagainst
againsthim."
My dear
dearreader!
reader! After trying to explain the of the
the falsity of
idea of 'the Original Sin" by using
"the using both
botlt logical arguments
arguments
idea
and
and supportive
supportive evidence
evidence from from the (the Christian
the Bible (the Christian Holy
Book),
Book), there
thereisis no
no doubt
doubt that
that such
suchan was preached
an idea was not preached
idea
by
by Jesus
Jesus (PBUH)
(PBUH) since
since it it contradicts
conffadictswith the teachingshe
the teachings he
brought,
brought, as as is
is clearly
clearlyillustrated
iltustated in in the quotefrom
the quote Ezekiel
ftom Ezekiel
above.If
above. If so,
so,then ...
then...
Where
where did
did the
the idea
ldea of
of The sin come
ori$inal Sin
The Original from?
come from?