Islam Rediscovered
19. The Islamic Concept of History
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Justice holds man to adhering completely to ethical
principles in dealing with other human beings and
refraining from all kinds of injustice and
oppression.
Along with this, God informed man that, although
he appeared to be free, he was fully accountable to
Him. God had a complete record of man’s actions.
In the eternal life after death God would judge
everyone according to this record. One who
exercised his freedom wrongly would be thrown
into eternal hellfire.
Adam prepared tablets of clay on which he
engraved the basic divine teachings, then heated
them in a fire, thus preserving this divine guidance
for the coming generations. It is believed that these
divine teachings were written by Adam in the
Syriac language.
Adam died at a ripe old age. For a long period of
time his people continued to adhere faithfully to the
divine guidance. But later, rot began to set in in the
people. Idolatry replaced monotheism. People
began to adopt the ways of injustice and oppression
instead of justice and rectitude. After about one
