Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 49
? 42 If he could not weigh good or evil wherefore the need for a conscience? The theory of vicarious atonement is like throwing a stone in a pit and then believing that the act would assuage one's hunger. An idea is tenable only when it is susceptible of a logical conclusion. When an idea does not lead to a logical conclusion and when it is apparent that it serves no useful purpose, one should ponder whether it has any utility. If salvation of mankind was bound up with vicarious atonement, then where was the point in providing man with eyes, with a tongue and with pair of lips? PECULIARITY OF QUR'AN e, then We. وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ : God next proceeds to say showed to him both the ways. It is a peculiarity of the Holy Quran that sometimes it puts a vast meaning into a small word. The Holy Quran makes mention of 'way' in several other places but sometimes it uses the word (Sabil) for it and at others it employs (Tariq). In this case Allah the Excellent the word has used the word J (Sabil) and (Najd) in preference to the words (Tariq). This shows that the subject has to do with the word Tariq طريق Sabil ) and) سبيل (Najd) as against the words We find in the dictionary that the word (Najd )