Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 64
? 57 others who are not. For, God says: the one who is blind in this life shall be blind also in the hereafter. It clearly means that some will be blind, while others will not be blind. This verse therefore, clearly points out that the Holy Quran holds that the hearts of some men can become pure. Allah the Supreme stresses here the point that whoso vitiated his heart here would forfeit the capacity to see Him in the hereafter. It shows that the hearts of the entire mankind would not be vitiated. (14) Similarly says the Hadith: مَا مِنْ مَوْلُوْدٍ إِلَّا يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ، فَأَبَوَاهُ يُبَوَدَانِهِ أَوْ يُنَظِرَانِهِ وَيُمَجْسَانِهِ i. e. , Every child is born with a pure nature then his parents through their teaching make him either a Jew or a Christian or a Magain (Bukhari, Kitab al-Janaiz). This indicates that man is born with a clear nature and that evil takes root in him through environmental influences. (15) Yet another Hadith says that God, the Excellent has made the heart of man pure. In his worldly existence he does an act of virtue or commits an evil. When he does a good deed, a white point appears on his heart and when he commits a sin, a dark spot appears on his heart. And as he progresses in good deeds or evil, white or dark points begin increasing in due proportion, till the whole of his heart becomes either white or black, according to the character of his actions. If his entire heart becomes white, he becomes immune to the influence of evil. But if