Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 74
? 67 one, who makes misleading observations and indulges in deception, be a redeemer? ADAM CREATED TO IMBIBE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES Another argument that extenuates the sin of Adam is that he made it on account of mis-judgment. The Holy Quran stresses this very point. Even if we place our reliance on the Biblical version, we find that Adam erred in good faith: "So, God created man in his own image, in the image of God created He him, male and female created He them. ” (Genesis 1:27) Man whom God made in His own image includes both the male and female of the species. Both man, the male and his female-the woman-have been created in the image of God. This cannot mean that God has nose, ears, and eyes and other limbs as human beings have. All that it signifies is that the attributes of the Supreme Creator were incorporated in Adam (peace be on him). Thus when God, the Almighty made man according to His own image and told him that he had been created to radiate His attributes, it could not but happen that Adam would imbibe the attribute of discriminating between good and evil.