Signs & Science: Humans & The Human Condition

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يٰۤـاَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوۡا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِىۡ خَلَقَكُمۡ مِّنۡ نَّفۡسٍ وَّاحِدَةٍ وَّخَلَقَ مِنۡهَا زَوۡجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنۡهُمَا رِجَالًا كَثِيۡرًا وَّنِسَآءً ۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ الَّذِىۡ تَسَآءَلُوۡنَ بِهٖ وَالۡاَرۡحَامَ ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ رَقِيۡبًا‏ ١

O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allāh, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed Allāh is ever, over you, an Observer.

— Saheeh International

O mankind! Be careful of your duty to your Lord Who created you from a single soul and from it created its mate and from them twain hath spread abroad a multitude of men and women. Be careful of your duty toward Allah in Whom ye claim (your rights) of one another, and toward the wombs (that bore you). Lo! Allah hath been a watcher over you.

— M. Pickthall

[Al-Quran 4:1]

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فَاَقِمۡ وَجۡهَكَ لِلدِّيۡنِ حَنِيۡفًا ؕ فِطۡرَتَ اللّٰهِ الَّتِىۡ فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيۡهَا ؕ لَا تَبۡدِيۡلَ لِخَـلۡقِ اللّٰهِ ؕ ذٰ لِكَ الدِّيۡنُ الۡقَيِّمُ ۙ وَلٰـكِنَّ اَكۡثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُوۡنَ ۙ ‏ ٣٠

So stand facing the Deen-e-Hanif; the Fitrat of Allah upon which He has separated / natured humans; no change in the creation of Allah; that is the standing Deen (religion / law of recompense), but most humans do not know.

[Al-Quran 30:30]

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لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا الۡاِنۡسَانَ فِىۡۤ اَحۡسَنِ تَقۡوِيۡمٍ‏ ٤ ثُمَّ رَدَدۡنٰهُ اَسۡفَلَ سَافِلِيۡنَۙ‏ ٥

4 Certainly, we created the human in the best of standing

5 Then, we returned him to the lowest of the low

[Al-Quran 98:4-5]

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My learnings from Genesis 1 26-28:

Humans were created to rule over the creatures of the Earth

Humans were created by God, in His Likeness, He created them male and female

Humans were created by God on the sixth day, the last of the six days of creation

My learnings from The Quran:

Allah created the first humans from a single Nafs (soul), and from them many humans were created through the natural process of human procreation, in the wombs of the female humans (Q4:1)

All good and bad is from Allah, but all bad is actually due to our nafs (Q4:78-79)

Allah created humans after His Own Fitrat (nature || separation from other creatures?) (Q30:30)

Allah created Adam with His Own Two Hands (Q38:75)

Humans were created in the best of standing (Q98:4)

Humans were returned to the lowest of the low (Q98:5)

Adam and his wife were tried with the forbidden tree in The Garden (Q2:35, Q7:20, Q20:120)

Adam and his wife admitted that they had done Zulm (wrong / darkness) on their nafs (Q7:22-23)

Adam and his wife lost their external cover and clothing (Q2:36, 7:22, 7:27, Q20:121)

Bani Adam have inherited this loss (we are not naturally covered or clothed the way almost all other creatures are)

Bani Adam have been provided clothing to cover their nakedness, and to adorn them (Q7:26)

Fahishatan (nakedness / immorality) is not part of Allah's decrees. Allah never commands it (Q7:28)

Qist (equitable justice) has been ordered by Allah. He has commanded sincerity to the Deen, and that we will be created as we were created originally (Q7:29)

Bani Adam are commanded to adorn themselves with what beautifies them at every masjid (place / time of prostration), without indulging in israaf (excessiveness / wastefulness) (Q7:31-32)

We, and our souls, are in pledge for what we earn (Q52:21, Q74:38)

What is critical for us to understand from the above is that the human condition that we find ourselves in, prone to diseases and many other troubles and travails, internal and external, are due to our fallen nature. Allah does not hold the progeny of Adam responsible for the sin and consequent fall of Adam, but He does want us to take responsibility for our own actions, and thus willingly adhere to the Deen (Law of Recompense), so that when we are recreated by Allah in our original forms, we are allowed to enter the Gardens promised by Allah to all those who believe and do acts of reform. May we not be of those criminals who will be tried with the Tree of Zaqqum, which grows from the bottom of Hell. May we not be of those permanently removed from Allah's Mercy.

Previous Learnings:

Until The Camel Passes Through The Eye Of The Needle

Rust Upon Their Hearts

Lying Sinful Forelock

Teleology: A purpose-built Universe?

Divine Will and Human Free Will

The First Humans

Orientation: Right or Left

Fuel of Hell: Humans and Stones

World Hunger & Slavery

World History & Future Implications

Virgin Birth