Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 71
? 64 Adam (peace be on him). It was the tree of life and of knowledge, but God the Excellent warned that the day he ate of it; he would die. Dying may stand for physical demise or for spiritual extinction. In both the cases, this statement of God, the Almighty is proven baseless. If it means spiritual death, it is an untruth. For, the gift of knowing good from evil is a means of sustaining spiritual life and not the cause of spiritual death. If it means physical death, this is again wrong. For, it was the tree of life eating whereof would not cause death. In short, the God of the Bible deceived Adam when he told him not to eat of the tree which was the life-giving tree and the tree of wisdom. Eve also testified that God the Supreme had warned: “And the woman, said to the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of the tree of the garden. But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden God hath said, shall not eat of it nor shall ye touch it, ye die. " (Genesis 3:2-3) ye lest It is evident that God Almighty made a misstatement and deceived Adam. (Allah protect us against such views). As against this when Satan said to Adam: "For God doth know that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened,