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Islamic Model of Peaceful Coexistence… MR. Dodhiya and M. Ghanbari (99
human being in such a Allah did not say that the
manner that, since that first vicegerent-designate would
day, it has been constantly not cause mischief and
bearing newer, fresher, and bloodshed; nor did He
better fruits. Therefore, this reject the plea of the angels
assumption is correct that that they celebrated His
the whole of mankind is a praise and extolled His
vicegerent of Allah is glory. By this silence, He
evident by the following confirmed that the angels
verses: were right on both counts.
- “And remember (O people But then He made manifest
of ‘Ãd!) when He made one thing which the angels
you successors of Nũh's were not aware of. He
people…” (Quran, 7: 69) showed them that there was
- “Then We made you a matter which they could not
successors in the land shoulder the responsibility
after them…” (Quran, 10: 14) of, while this proposed
- “And He makes you vicegerent could do so.
successors in the earth”. Man was entrusted with a
(Quran, 27: 62) divine secret which the
angels, in their nature, were
The word translated here unable to know or understand
as “successor” is the same and that divine gift would
that has been translated as more than compensate the
“vicegerent” in the verse ensuing mischief and bloodshed.
under discussion.
