Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 20
20 minding his word and his future generation got involved eternally in hereditary sin, following in the footsteps of Satan, and the Redeemer Messiah proved so weak that Satan was induced to tempt him too (Matthew, 4:1-11). . QURAN ON SALVATION. In contrast to it, the teaching of the Holy Quran lays down that Allah the Mighty requires no vicarious atonement for the salvation of His creatures; He has made them for attainment of success and has implanted in their constitutions a virtueloving disposition. (1) Allah the Almighty observes in the Holy Quran apropos to the Satan's challenge to mislead mankind:قال أرأيت هذا الذي كرمت على لئن أخرتن الى يوم القيمه لا حتنكن ذريته إلا قليلا قال اذهب فمن تبعك منهم فان جهنم جزاؤكم. جزاء موفورا - واستفزز من استطعت منهم بصوتك وأجلب عليهم بخیلک ورجلک و شاركهم فى الأموال والاولاد وعدهم ، وما يعدهم الشيطان الا غرورا - ان عبادی لیس لک علیهم سلطان ، و کفی بربک وكيلا - ربكم الذى يزجى لكم الفلك فى البحر لتبتغوا من فضله ، انه كان بكم رحيما - (67-63 :17). When Adam was created and Satan incurred Divine displeasure following his refusal to obey and serve him, he said that if given freedom of action till the Day of Reckoning, he would mislead the entire generation of men who had been given precedence over him, except a few. . It clearly shows that according to the version of the Holy. Quran, even Satan would not claim that all mankind was sinful as the Christians hold; (Christians are at liberty to question it). In fact, far from venturing to denounce all