Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 52
? 45 and would on encountering another two engaged in talk, ask what was it that they had just said about the calf. If they replied that they had had no word about it, he would insist that there was definitely something of the sort in their mind. The result was that he had hardly reached the other end of the street when he was suspected and ultimately hauled up by the people. A search of his house revealed the carcase of a cow. Admittedly, whenever one commits his first sin irrespective of its nature, his conscience upbraids him and he feels ashamed. A thief feels out of sorts after committing his first act of burglary and so does a highwayman after his first case of brigandage. If sin were hereditary, the way to sin would not be an uphill one and it would not call for an ascent. قَالَ رَبُّنَا الَّذِي أَعْطَى كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلْقَهُ ثُمَّ هَدَى :Again, God says (6) i. e. , Moses (peace be on him) said to Pharaoh: Our Lord is the One who endowed every object with powers according to its capacity and directed it to the means of its progress. (Taha, 20:51) are inclusive of the أَعْطَى كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلْقَهُ Here the words creation of man. The Bible, too, says that man has been created to seek communion with God and he is blessed who hears His commands and acts accordingly. (Proverbs 8:34)