Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 25
3 25 disease. In short, this malady runs through the coming generations. Now this disease has not entered from outside. . Its germs exist inside the patient. When weakness and debility overpower the mind, then either the nose-bridge would subside or some other symptom symptom would appear indicating presence of the disease inside the body. But if the malady attacks from outside, as for instance, a child whose father was not syphilitic but the child contracted the disease through contact with a patient in such a manner that he caught the disease, then in such a case we would not say that he inherited it from his father but we would say that he contracted it from outside. Similarly, all the agencies of evil listed by the Holy Quran are external. It did not say that since Adam had sinned, Satan will succeed in making him sinful. On the contrary, the Holy Quran said that he (the Satan) would tempt him and infuse fear and awe in him and invite him to an easy life of song and music and thus make him corrupt. In other words all the agencies of evil are external and not internal. This is followed by another i. e. , iesان عبادی لیس لک علیهم سلطان : Divine observation. Thou canst not have the upper hand over my servants who keep contact with Me. Neither temptation nor fear will i. e. , thy Lord is Sufficient و کفی بربک وکیلا . influence them as the Guardian of His servants. . When one comes under the protection of God, the. Almighty, Satan cannot lay hold on him, for, he has entrusted his affair, to God the Excellent. Here by the use of the word (Kafa), the meaning propounded by me has been clearly indicated. I had explained that the letter 5 (K) used here stands for the attributive Divine name (Kafi). . Allah, the Excellent, has pointed this out here and by employ-