Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 42
? 35 Similarly, the term adultery applies to improper use of sexual power, and the absence of its exercise is termed celibacy. If the 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 the majority of men will live a sinful life is a satanic view. (2) The following verse further explains this postulate. God says: لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ فِي أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ - ثُمَّ رَدَدْتُهُ أَسْفَلَ سَفِلِينَ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّلِحَتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعْدُ بِالدِّينِ - أَلَيْسَ اللهُ بِأَحْكَمِ الْحَكِمِينَ i. e. , We gave man the finest powers and then We at times pull him down and down. (At-Tin, 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