Page 99 - Pure Life 31
P. 99
/
98 International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 9 (31): 93-144, Summer 2022
(
vicegerent were a true copy an act, “And He taught Adam
of his predecessor in all the the names, all of them”.
characteristics, traits, and The context shows that:
intrinsic abilities. The vicegerent was to get
God with all the divine and the viceregency of Allah;
uncomprehendable attributes he was not to become a
was creating a specie that successor of any earthly
would be a replica of creature that had preceded
Himself; of course in its him. If Allah had wanted
restricted human dimension, the man to take the place of
the dilemma was, how can that previous creature, the
God, the sublime, the reply, “And He taught
perfect make someone who Adam the names, all of
would be earthly, deficient, them”, would be quite
and lowly represent the irrelevant. Assuming that
majesty and splendor of man was given viceregency
Allah in the earth? Can a of Allah, this prestige
lowly creature of the earth would not be restricted to
be a mirror of divine the person of Adam only,
beauty and sublimity? his descendants too would
For the reply, Allah used be vicegerents of Allah in
a sentence, “Surely I know the earth. Adam was taught
what you do not know”, the names.
and thereafter He introduced In other words, this
knowledge was ingrained in
