The Cairo Debate

by Abul-Ata Jalandhri

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The Cairo Debate — Page 11

There are quite a number besides them. . It is said of Noah, Daniel, and Job: "Son of man, when a land sins against me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it, and break its staff of bread and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast, even if these three men,. Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, says the Lord God. " (Ezek. 14:13-14). Dear readers, this is a resume of the evidence. I put forth in the debate. I now submit a resume of the discussion which took the form of question and answer. . Christian Adam violated. He ate from the forbidden tree. Subsequently a fall ensued. Any one born of the seed of Adam will follow suit. All people, to the exclusion of Jesus the Messiah, who is not of male seed, therefore, are sinful. . Muslim I do not charge guilt on Adam. Let us assume he did sin. How does it come about that all other people should bear the guilt?. Chr. Because they are born of Adam and are his sons. . M. This thought does great injustice to mankind. . It is not in consonance with the holy Bible either. That Adam sins and his whole progeny is saddled with his sin till doomsday. Bible is very explicit on this: 11