Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 45
(13) God similarly says: 45 من كان في هذه أعملى فهو في الآخرة أعملى thus carries من كان في هذه أعمى فهو في الآخرة أعملى i. e. , whoso is blind in this world shall be blind in the next (17:73). It cannot really mean that one who is physically blind in this world will be blind also in the hereafter. It is indeed a great tyranny to condemn to blindness in the next life one who is blind in this life. In fact what the verse purports to impress is that it is with the spiritual eye that one sees God Almighty and blind are those who do not see Him. . The verse: two imports, one negative and the other positive. There are some who are blind and there are others who are not. For,. God says the one who is blind in this life shall be blind also in the hereafter. It clearly means that some will be blind, while others will not be blind. This verse therefore clearly points out that the Holy Quran holds that the hearts of some men can become pure. Allah the Supreme stresses here the point that whoso vitiated his heart here would forfeit the capacity to see Him in the hereafter. It shows that the hearts of the entire mankind would not be vitiated. (14) Similarly says the Hadith: ما من مولود الا يولد على الفطرة فابواه يهودانه و ينصرانه و يمجسانه i. e. , Every child is born with a pure nature then his parents through their teaching make him either a Jew or a Christian or a Magain (Bukhari, Kitab al-Jinairy). This indicates that man is born with a clear nature and that evil takes root in him through environmental influences. (15) Yet another hadith says that God the Excellent has made the heart of man pure. In his worldly existence he does an act of virtue or commits an evil. When he does a