In this post I would like to share a quick look
about us humans ie the direct message the Quran gave to ‘the children of Adam”,
in Arabic Bani Adam. In the Quran, Adam represents the first civilized homo
sapiens, one who is endowed with the power of conceptual thoughts and language:
our ability to talk and define reality (Quran 2:31).
As such, we are all Bani Adam – Hindus,
Christians, Buddhist, Taoist, Muslims and Atheist too. This post will kickstart
a few posts on matters of human history, unity and disunity.
The first 7 entries below will point us to
verses directly using the term “children of Adam”, the remaining 3 is about we
were created as ‘one single community’ and how we later held divergent views.
All
emphasis are mine to help readers focus on a particular message.
1. O CHILDREN of ADAM!
Indeed, We have bestowed upon you from
on high [the knowledge of making] garments to cover your nakedness, and as a
thing of beauty: but the garment of
God-consciousness is the best of all. Herein lies a message from God, so
that man might take it to heart. - Quran 7:26
2. O CHILDREN OF ADAM! Do not
allow Satan to seduce you in the same way as he caused
your ancestors to be driven out of the garden: he deprived them of their garment [of God-consciousness] in order to
make them aware of their nakedness. Verily, he and his tribe are lying in
wait for you where you cannot perceive them! Verily, We have placed [all manner of] satanic
forces near unto those who do not [truly] believe; Quran 7:27
3. NOW,
INDEED, We have conferred dignity on the
CHILDREN OF ADAM, and borne them over land and sea, and provided for them
sustenance out of the good things of life, and
favoured them far above most of Our creation: Quran 17:70
4. O CHILDREN of ADAM!
Beautify yourselves for every act of
worship, and eat and drink [freely], but do not waste: verily, He does not love
the wasteful! Quran 7:31
5. Did
I not enjoin on you, O you CHILDREN OF
ADAM, that you should not worship Satan – since, verily, he is your open
foe; Quran 36:60
6. O CHILDREN OF ADAM!
Whenever there come unto you apostles of your own, conveying My messages unto
you, then all who are conscious of Me
and live righteously - no fear need they have, and neither shall they grieve;
Quran 7:35
7. AND
WHENEVER thy Sustainer brings forth their offspring from the loins of the CHILDREN OF ADAM, He [thus] calls upon them to bear witness about themselves: "Am
I not your Sustainer?" - to which they answer: "Yea, indeed, we do
bear witness thereto!" [Of this We remind you,] lest you say on the Day of
Resurrection, "Verily, we were unaware of this"; Quran 7: 172
8. And,
verily, this community of yours is ONE
SINGLE COMMUNITY, since I am the Sustainer of you all: remain, then,
conscious of Me! Quran 23:52
9. Verily,
[o you who believe in me,] this
community of yours is ONE SINGLE COMMUNITY, since i am the sustainer of you
all: worship, then, me [alone]! Quran 21:92
10. AND [know that] all mankind
were once but ONE SINGLE COMMUNITY, and only later did they begin to hold
divergent views. And had it not been for a decree- that
had already gone forth from thy Sustainer, all their differences would indeed
have been settled [from the outset]. Quran 10:19
Peace, anas
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