Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 247
6 July 1905 247 There were People Created before Adam The A ryah asked that according to Islam, the world began with Adam; that is, 6,000 years ago. The Promised Messiah as said: This is wrong. Islam and the Holy Quran do not teach that the world has existed for 6,000 years. This is the belief of the Christians, but in the Holy Quran, God Almighty has said about Adam as : 1 ْيِّنِا ٌلِعاَج يِف ِضْرَاْلا ًةَفْيِلَخ ْيِّنِا ٌلِعاَج يِف ِضْرَاْلا ًةَفْيِلَخ Now, it is obvious that a Khalifah comes after someone and is his successor, which proves that there were people created before Adam as. Adam became his replacement and successor. Refutation of A ryah Beliefs I cannot accept that man keeps becoming a dog, a cat, and a pig again and again. Nor can I accept that a person will live in Hell forever. God is Merciful and Munificent. The God I know for- gives the sins of a person and has mercy on him who comes to Him with a pure heart for true reconciliation. Whoever makes a complete sacrifice and places his life in the hands of God, God certainly accepts him. The belief of becoming a monkey and a pig breaks a person’s back. The meaning of being a Muslim is that a person should give up all errors, practical and doctrinal. 2 1. I am about to appoint a vicegerent in the earth ( S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:31). [Publisher] 2. Badr, vol. 1, no. 14, p. 2, dated 6 July 1905