Sunday 18 February 2024

Why should we bear Adam and Eve’s sin?

A lot of people completely miss the story of Adam and Eve. The popular understanding is that we are here in this tough life as a result of the original sin. The Quran clearly says different. We are here because it is the job we volunteered for!
God says in the holy Quran, “We offered the trust to the heavens, the earth and the mountains and they refused to carry it. Man carried it.” (23:72)
After that, God told the angels, “I am setting in the earth a deputy.” (2:30) So, we were tasked to be on earth whether Adam and Eve sinned or not. And being tasked to earth is the “trust” we agreed to undertake. The only reason Adam and Eve were put in the Garden first is to give them a “dress rehearsal” for life of earth! By the end of their experiment with Satan and the forbidden tree, they learned four things: that the Garden of God is a wonderful place, that Satan wishes them failure and will lie and deceive them, that disobedience to God carries heavy consequences and that God accepts apologies! All crucial lessons to learn when they move to their job location.
The original sin was forgiven. We do not inherit our parents sins, or anybody else’s sin for that matter. We are responsible only for our own sins.
Why should we bear Adam and Eve’s sin? Understand Islam

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