Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 50
50. WAS ADAM AT FAULT ?. An examination of these verses shows that the fault lay neither with Adam (peace be on him) nor with the Satan but entirely with God, (we seek the protection of Allah against such views). These verses show that the tree under reference was the tree of life and of knowledge i. e. , it was a tree that was life-giving and it was a tree that gave one the power to discriminate between good and evil. But the Bible says that God told Adam (peace be on him): "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it, for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die” (Genesis, Ch. 2: 17). ". In other words it says God made a mis-statement to. Adam (peace be on him). It was the tree of life and of knowledge, but God the Excellent warned that the day he ate of it, he would die. Dying may stand for physical demise or for spiritual extinction. In both the cases, this statement of. God the Almighty is proven baseless. If it means spiritual death, it is an untruth. For, the gift of knowing good from evil is a means of sustaining spiritual life and not the cause of spiritual death. If it means physical death, this is again wrong. For, it was the tree of life eating whereof would not cause death. In short, the God of the Bible deceived Adam when he told him not to eat of the tree which was the lifegiving tree and the tree of wisdom. Eve also testified that. God the Supreme had warned: "And the woman said to the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of the tree of the garden. . But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden. God hath said, ye shall not eat of it nor shall ye touch it, lest ye die" (Genesis, Ch. 3: 2:3). . It is evident that God Almighty made a mis-statement and