Continuing from the previous blog post

Actually, what al-Ashqar described is not some afterthought

that came as a result of Darwinistic types of theories. Those people

who originally propounded the theories believed in such conclusions.

Note the following passage from Mamdani,

Herbert Spencer wrote in Social Statics (1850),

“The forces which are working out the great

scheme of perfect happiness, taking no account of

incidental suffering, exterminate such sections of

mankind as stand in their way.” This is a train of thought Charles Lyell had pursued twenty years

earlier in Principles of Geology: if “the most

significant and diminutive of species ... have each

slaughtered their thousands, why should not we, the

lords of creation, do the same?” His student,

Charles Darwin, confirmed in The Descent of Man

(1871) that “at some future period not very distant

as measured in centuries, the civilized races of man

will almost certainly exterminate and replace

throughout the world the savage races.” “After

Darwin,” comments Sven Lindqvist in his survey of

European thought on genocide, “it became accepted

to shrug your shoulders at genocide. If you were

upset, you were just showing your l ack of

education .

Ignoring the fact that there are many “ missing links” and scientific

doubts raised against the theory of evolution , could this possibly be

what this great and grandeur cosmos is all about? Could humans,

who have been given so many capabilities above and beyond the

animals, be nothing more than animals without any noble purpose or

Creator to answer to? Again, as was stated about the materialistic,

accidental view, of which this is only a subset, it can be argued that this view seems to be completely illogical and potentially very

harmful. In addition to the above views concerning the nature of

humans, there are actually some who believe in the Creator and yet

they have this notion that humans are inherently evil. At first glance,

this belief already seems strange in that God has provided so much

for humankind and the rest of the cosmos that it seems inconsistent to

then conclude that this most blessed creation has been created as

something evil. Nevertheless, this is a belief that is held by many

Jews and Christians, in particular .

Concerning the Jewish belief, Karzoon noted that the

Talmud teaches that the soul is inherently e vil. The Jewish rabbis

considered the attainment of virtue to be something very difficult

since it goes against the nature of humankind. It was God’s plan, they

claim, to make humans inherently evil while obliging them to follow

a law that would be beyond their ability. Hence, man is in a loss

between following his natural, evil inclinations or following the law

from God. For that reason, they claim, David was not sinful when he

murdered and committed adultery because the real cause for h is

plight was God Himself. Obviously, if this is a person’s perception of

the human soul, it must become very easy to allow one’s soul to be

completely denigrated and abased. If righteousness is beyond reach,

what is the use in even trying to achieve it? Indeed, it should be

expected that one commits sins and one be angered with God for

making a religion that is beyond the capability of humans.

The Islamic view of the human soul is very different—and

completely consistent with what one would conclude from pondering

over the greatness of the creation of the cosmos.

that an individual becomes influenced to follow paths

that are not pure. Additionally, the law that God revealed for

humankind is something that is within their means. ,

both aspects of the Jewish belief are considered wrong from an

Islamic perspective. There is no question that the Jewish belief

discussed here seems clearly false and potentially harmful for t he

well-being of humans.

See you in the next blog to complete the book.

Sources :-

A book for calling people to Islam in English is the book .

"What is Islam?" by Jamaal Zarabozo .

A piece of advice and an invitation from a well-wisher for you .

I invite you, my dear brother, to Islam and to believe in God Almighty. He alone is worthy of worship. The purpose of our creation is to worship God alone, without any partners.