Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 84
84 we are joking frivolously, to go and carry back the car or to take hold of an elephant. We would ask him to do only what is within his capacity. If an officer were to order a peon in his office to bring him the railway engine bound for Jacobabad, one may well anticipate his reaction. The first thing he would do is to make off on some pretext and with his face drained of all colour he would tell others that the boss had gone out of his mind for his having required of him to do something beyond human capacity. [If sin could not be conquered, why did then God tell Cain that he could overcome it?]. There is no doubt about it that God rejected his offering, saying that since he had not offered the sacrifice in the spirit of sincerity and in good faith which alone made it deserving of acceptance, He, therefore, would not accept it of him. At the same time He told him that the offering once rejected by. Him was not rejected for good and that it was still open to him to overcome sin and attain His favour. Clearly, man could conquer sin through personal effort and application. . Leaving alone the sin of Adam, Allah the Supreme went as far as to say with regard to Cain's sin, that it was not something that could not be overcome and that if he cared to strive, he could conquer sin and exhorted him to overcome it. . CHRISTIANS FOLLOW CAIN. The above-quoted reference further shows that Christians follow Cain while the Muslims follow Abel. For, Christians believe in forgiveness through atonement and are hostile to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and the blessings of Allah be on him) and to Muslims because their own offering was not accepted like that of Cain. They are, therefore, bent on avenging it on Muhammad the Prophet of Allah (peace and the blessings of Allah be on him) and his followers. In the