Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 28
charity and saving. Similarly, the term adultery applies to improper use of sexual power and absence of its exercise is termed celibacy. If exercise of sexual power were suspended, there would be no means of continuing the race, and if it were left unchecked, there would be no means of preserving health. . In short, in these verses, Allah, the Excellent, has expounded the philosophy of sin and stated that the creation of man is pure, vice is external, and the assertion that majority of men will live a sinful life is a satanic view. (2) The following verse further explains this postulate. . God says: لقد خلقنا الانسان في احسن تقويم - ثم رددناه أسفل سافلين الا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات فلهم أجر غير ممنون - فما يكذبك بعد بالدين - أليس الله بأحكم الحاكمين . i. e. , We gave man the finest powers and then We at times pull him down and down (95:5-9). . Here a Christian would at once confirm and say that he holds the same view, namely, that Adam came with the potentiality to make spiritual progress but because of his sin human race fell down the scale. . In order to dispel this notion, God says that the entire human race is not involved in this down-grading; on the contrary, those who kept to good deeds they held fast to the excellence of their natural constitution endowed with fine impulses; only the section that had departed from the path incurred punishment and seceded from the party of the. Prophets. The above verse clearly points out that the group those who) الا الذين آمنوا و عملوا الصالحات mentioned in