Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 40
40. Holy Quran bear testimony to the fact that the companions of the Holy Prophet (peace of Allah be on him and His blessings) had attained to the state which qualifies one for admittance among the servants of God the Supreme and for fulfilling the object of his creation through inheriting. His Paradise. . ERROR OF ADAM NOT PREMEDITATED (10) Another verse which elaborates this point occurs in the Holy Quran in the context of the incident that happened to Hazrat Adam (peace be on him). Allah the Supreme says فنسي ولم نجد له عزما : (about Hazrat Adam (Peace be on him i. e. , the error of Adam arose out of a misconception and was not premeditated (20:116). Errors are of two kinds: (1) Arising from misunderstanding and (2) premeditated. . Both are again divided into several categories. Allah has described his error as arising out of a misconception and not intentional. Adam (peace be on him) had no mind to commit the error but it so happened. It is a selfevident truth that sin has two aspects, one is internal and the other external. What deprives man of salvation is the internal aspect of sin. There is no gainsaying the fact that some men incur manifest punishment for sin. But what deprives men of salvation is nevertheless the internal aspect of sin and not its external aspect. As for instance there is the sin of theft. Theft consists in taking away the property of others. . It happens times out of number that one takes hold of a thing belonging to another person by mistake. The case of persons whose feet lack instinctive sensibility is in point. They get off wearing the shoes of others by mistake. Suppose such a person were apprehended and prosecuted before a court and sentenced to undergo imprisonment, he would suffer