Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 48
48. Adam nor the Satan sinned; it was no other than God Himself, who sinned, (may Allah keep us from entertaining such thoughts). propose to adduce the necessary evidence below:. I. The incident of Adam (peace be on him) is narrated in the Genesis. (It should be remembered in this connection that the Bible is the collection of books beginning with the story of Moses (peace be on him) to that of Jesus (peace be on him) and ending up with the Apostles. From Moses (peace be on him) to Prophet Malachi the entire collection is termed the Old Testament. According to Jews only the. Old Testament forms the Scripture. According to Christians both the Old and the New Testaments comprise the Scripture. . The Old Testament consists of five books of Moses (peace be on him). Of these, the first is the Genesis which also makes mention of Adam (peace be on him). Says the Genesis: "And the Lord God planted a Garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil” (Chapter 2, Verses 8 & 9). . Here the Bible asserts that after the birth of Adam (peace be on him), God the Excellent planted a garden in. Eden wherein He grew all kinds of trees and in the middle of the garden He planted the tree of life and of discrimination between good and evil. I will elaborate it elsewhere whether the tree of life was a different one from the tree of discrimination between good and evil or the two are really