Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 34
? 27 27 وَكَفَى بِرَبِّكَ وَكَيْلا - رَبُّكُمُ الَّذِي يُزْجِي لَكُمُ الْفُلْكَ فِي الْبَحْرِ لِتَبْتَغُوا مِنْ فَضْلِهِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًا. i. e. , And your Lord is the One Who steers your boats safely across the ocean so that you may seek of His bounty and Allah is the Most Compassionate. PURITY OF HUMAN NATURE These verses put forward the Quranic claim regarding the purity of human nature. If it is pure as described, it has, of certainty, the inherent strength to combat evil successfully. And if a man can conquer evil, there is no room for vicarious atonement. On the contrary, the effort of pure nature and repentance, meriting, as a result, the mercy of God, are sufficient for the attainment of salvation. A close study of the above verses shows that:― (1) The hope expressed by Satan signifies that according to the Holy Quran, belief in the wickedness of man is a belief ascribable to Satan. Islam not only rejects this belief but describes it as Satanic, and even Satan does not say that he would corrupt all mankind; he only says that he would corrupt most of the human race. (2) Secondly, the Holy Quran says that Allah told Satan to try and that He would not stop him from doing so. He