The following is a religious explanation of the partial history of mankind as is presented in the Holy Scriptures. Although little actual physical evidence for these expressions can be found, the logic behind these mysteries is still fundamentally sound and it is up to each individual to make what can be made of its contents.
With HIM {ALLAH} are the keys of the Unseen, the treasures that none {exactly} knows but HE. HE knows whatever there is on the earth and in the sea. Not a leaf does fall but with HIS Knowledge: there is not a grain in the darkness (or depths) of the earth, nor anything fresh or dry (green or withered), but is (inscribed) in a record clear (to those who can read). Quran (6:59)
GOD’s Power cannot be overstated! HE sets in motion what HE WILLS and none can stop HIS PLAN! Therefore, HE is not taken by surprise by anyone or anything nor can HE be defeated! HIS PLAN covers all contingencies while HIS MERCY outweighs HIS WRATH.
HE has given the promise of Exalted Excellence to HIS servants who do well with HIS help and perfect justice for those who contend with HIS DOMINION. Swift is HIS WRATH and swift is HIS MERCY on HIS TERMS NOT OURS!
The blessed people, the prophets, had GOD’s Permission and HIS Approval to engage in doing the extraordinary things that we might call miracles. Jesus (pbh) raised the dead and cured diseases but with GOD’s Permission and indeed HIS Approval. We know that the human being is in reality totally dependent on his LORD and can of his own self do nothing as Jesus (pbh) declared.
Jesus is going to be our SIGN unto mankind and like Jesus (pbh) we too have to eat food and excrete waste matter like sweat, etc. So, like Jesus (pbh) we come from some place (the heavens) and enter the Earth plane and reside inside the womb for a stated term!
And the Word became flesh {for he was spirit before becoming flesh} and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory {from times past}, the glory as of the only begotten {SIGN or SYMBOL of man’s completeness of true form in the flesh} of the FATHER, full of grace and truth. John (1:14)
As human beings, we also conform to that pattern by becoming flesh and living amongst the human race. That is part of what makes us human!
O men! Here is a parable set forth! Listen to it! {Any of} Those on whom, besides ALLAH, you call, cannot create* (even) a fly, {even} if they all met together for the purpose {of doing so}! And if the fly should snatch away anything from them, they would have no power to release it from the fly. Feeble are those who petition and those whom they petition! Quran (22:73)
{*Matter can neither be created nor destroyed. Therefore, those who do miracles as in changing water into wine supposedly done by Jesus (pbh) or his multiplying the loaves and fishes to feed the multitude or Prophet Muhammad’s (pbh) multiplying water as it runs through his fingers or his spit increasing the amount of well-water a thousand fold or more is just altering one form of matter for another.
In order to do this one has to have some type of control over the basic elements or building blocks of the universe called atoms granted by GOD HIMSELF. Scientists can primitively change lead into gold but it would be too expensive to accomplish. This alteration of matter can be done through Jinn or through angelic-type servants, which like a machine, are programmed to respond when given certain variables from good or bad people.
Which is mightier a car or a man? The car is heavier, faster and more destructive in its ability to hit once and kill. Yet men ride in these machines that actually serve him at his command and are under his control.
A good man can drive a car for charity and a bad man can drive a car for evil such as driving one to rob a bank. Both men are in fact utilizing, only with ALLAH’s Permission, a type of ‘force’ that exists.
It is stated in the Book of Daniel as well as hadith literature that the Anti-christ has under his influence certain ‘Forces’ (both natural and Jinn) that he uses and worships.
He {the Anti-christ} shall regard neither the GOD of his fathers nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall exalt himself above them all.
But in their place, he shall honor a god of fortresses {the elemental forces or the basic building blocks of nature as well as the Jinn}; and a god which his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and pleasant things.
Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain. Daniel (11:37-39)}
In blasphemy indeed are those that say that ALLAH is Christ the son of Mary. Say: “Who then has the least power against ALLAH, If HIS will were to destroy Christ the son of Mary, his mother, and all everyone that is on the earth? For {only} to ALLAH belongs the Dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between. HE creates what HE pleases. For ALLAH has POWER over all things.” Quran (5:17)
So, man or anything else for that matter needs ALLAH’s Permission to do anything! However, man can and does and did evil with ALLAH’s Permission but NOT WITH HIS APPROVAL!
To prove this we can take a sample of two men. Jesus (pbh) and the Anti-christ! One does actions and is blessed highly while the other does, according to Islamic prophecy found in hadiths, heinous and degrading deeds of miraculous wonder (see hadith literature for specific details) and will be sent to the Hell-Fire because of it!
The difference is clear!!! While one man and his condition is approved, the other one is cursed and not approved. Both men have/had a duty to perform and people to gather as a role they must playout due to the fact that such a role has been written and the pens have stopped writing about future actions according to Islam.
While one (Jesus) is doing things the ‘Approved’ Way, the other cursed soul (the Anti-christ) is doing things the ‘Rejected’ Way and hence, he and his followers, deserve their just rewards!
However, the normal every day man (us), who has not reached the level of Vicegerency, is so covered in his fleshy world that he is not anywhere near being a Vicegerent. That soul can be a man or a woman but not much of a wonder worker!
These souls (the Christ-soul and the Anti-christ) entered into flesh and became men and dwelt among us. So what were these humans? Simply put in Islamic terms these well-honed individuals (one for the good and one for the bad) are called VICEGERENTS!
Now Vicegerents are souls endued with power but they are souls that are what is called in the common vernacular MEN! Men raised to a high degree or station but men nonetheless.
As both the Old Testament and the New Testament declare ‘that HE (GOD) called them (these souls) gods (VICEGERENTS) to whom the Word came {to give instructions’}.
Take a look at these four men based on the pattern of Adam: Solomon, Joshua bin Nun, Jesus and Muhammad!
Solomon controlled the winds and the Jinn, Joshua made the Sun stand still for an hour, Jesus could walk through a solid wall, walk on water (though he got the bottom of his feet wet) and heal the sick and Muhammad split the Moon in half and did many other wondrous feats called in the common vernacular miracles.
All of these four men were VICEGERENTS. Men but men blessed with power! But they were true men of the flesh because THAT MAN Adam was specifically formed from the Earth by the hands of ALLAH! And ALLAH creates Perfection!
So a ‘modern man’ is a body of flesh which encases his soul. In other words, at this time, man comes to Earth not as a spirit walking about but as a ‘placed soul’ in the womb so as to conform to the passage of ‘true’ human lineage! This is what we have become! But what were we before?
Before we had ‘physical bodies’, we were a creation of souls that could marvel at the wonders of the unfolding universe and even view those things in awe. And so when a challenge was made in the heavens man undertook it without foreknowledge of what it entailed!
We did indeed offer the Trust to the Heavens and the Earth and the Mountains; but they refused to undertake it, being afraid thereof: but mankind undertook it. He {the human being} was indeed unjust and foolish {to himself!}. Quran (33:72).
The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the spirit of GOD {human souls} was hovering over the face of the waters. Genesis (1:2)
And the spirit of what would become known as man marveled at the various creations of his LORD and how they came about being in spirit without time constraints or death! Eventually they wanted to partake in its lower substance. In order to do this they left the heavens to journey to the underworld.
For the plant and the animal forms were no match for the elevated spirits of a creation of a higher order. Yet they, having been given certain powers, were warned by the ‘Guardians’ to observe and study ONLY!
Eventually, some broke away and wanted to freelance on their own being puffed up with a high sense of pride in their abilities. When much time past, these souls found curiosity was better than caution and were bound and determined to sample the various environs they were looking at by doing the harmful mixing with various life forms in order to ‘feel’ what they could not feel – the lower senses!
After certain times or eons, they grew playful with what we call nature and became so cruel and spiteful that common atrocities were being committed in their lust for ‘entertainment’ which caused them to be trapped in their physical forms of lowly earth-type existence.
And when the useful toy or subject died that was being toyed with, the soul of man could feel free to leave and take heavenly rest. However, there were certain angels guarding the heavens who refused to let the soul return to that former position of rest.
This has been represented in the fabled Book of Enoch as to Fallen Angels. At one time this so-called holy book was being used by some very early Christians in an explanation for their ideas.
Angels cannot fall as it is mentioned in the Quran so what are these Fallen Angels? They were the souls of people who wanted to return to their rightful home but were barred from entering heaven much like the Angels who will bar the Anti-christ from entering the blessed city of Medina!
So their fate for millions of years, before the coming of ADAM (ADAM was not yet formed into that perfect body of clay), was to stay in the environment they dug for themselves and to alter a life form that was to their feeling something that could make their expressions come to a reality.
These spiritual vicegerents did have some type of connection with the Divine Will and so could choose a subject to ‘work on’ better than a fish or a cockroach. That would necessitate trying to alter the ‘monkey form’ which was chosen into what would be called the human form but that would take eons!!!
That is understandable when one considers the old trite but true saying: You have made your bed; now lie in it! The process would be slow and very, very painful but ‘they’ were warned but heeded not the warning!
So, millions of years past and the animal became man in the sense that it could talk, walk, build tools and look to the sky in a primitive way for hope!
At some point in time, perhaps fifty thousand years ago or more the FIRST REAL MAN WALKED ON EARTH. This man was different than all others in that he was directly created by the hands of GOD HIMSELF and so he was really perfect in all details!
He was not a grubbing caveman fearful of prey or the elements. He (Adam) was the complete and perfect VICEGERENT, the pinnacle of man’s stature before Judgment would take place.
He was very intuitive and very much the VICEGERENT! How intuitive was he?
And (mention, O Muhammad), when your LORD said to the angels, “Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority {different cycles of VICEGERENTS for the different ages to come}.” They said, “Will YOU place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we declare YOUR praise and sanctify YOU?” ALLAH said, “Indeed, I know that which you do not know.”
And HE taught Adam the names – all of them. Then HE showed them to the angels and said, “Inform ME of the names of these, if you are truthful.”
They said, “Exalted are YOU; we have no knowledge except {only} what YOU have taught us. Indeed, it is YOU who is the Knowing, the Wise.”
HE said, “O Adam, inform them of their names.” And when he had informed them of their names, HE {GOD} said, “Did I not tell you that I know the unseen (aspects) of the heavens and the earth? And I know what you reveal and what you have concealed.” Quran (2:30-33)
The first prophet according to Muhammad (pbh) was Adam and because he was fashioned and created by ALLAH HIMSELF, he was totally perfect in every way including the 46 stages of prophethood. Therefore, his intuitive nature was as powerful as a true and pure VICEGERENT that he was able to ‘inform the Angels of what they could not comprehend’.
Now the problem is that Adam came after the ‘trapped souls’ of men by millions of years of their trying to develop the preconceived physical stature of men and they did succeed, for the most part, according to fossil records such that they, around 200,000 years ago, started to look about like us today.
Now when one studies the Old Testament one gets the notion that Adam and his family could proclaim by virtue of his high standing and uprightness the way to encourage certain activities amongst the ‘lower forms’ in order that they be allowed back into GOD’s good Graces again. So, Adam was truly the first prophet as Muhammad (pbh) said!
But there was a sense of not mixing the ‘gene pool’ as it were and we get some sense of this from the Old Testament. Unfortunately, it happened and corruption seeped in and the result became history.
Now it came to pass, when men {our advanced cavemen} began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,
That the sons of GOD {Vicegerents} saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.
And the LORD said, “MY Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh {AFTER THE FASHION OF ADAM}; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”
There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of GOD {Vicegerents} came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
Then the LORD {after thousands of years} saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
So the LORD said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” Genesis (6:1-7)
So much corruption seeped in that horrible and bizarre things began to occur that by the time of Noah (pbh) a vast area of land was filled with toxic evil which would put the happenings of Auschwitz to shame!
Indeed! Bizarre and twisted evil seemed to spring up as knowledge became corrupted, once again, and used to deform virtuous activities (the natural way of intended creation).
The result was of course what we now know as the BIG FLOOD covering a vast area done in order to wipe out the twisted criminal passions caused by these semi-vicegerents which once again deformed the natural ways.
So, go back and see what an evil VICEGERENT can do while seeing the degradation that caused humanity to be punished by the Great Flood and see the evidence come together from Scripture and a hadith by Ubayy bin Ka’b.
A tradition of Ubayy bin Ka’b – All of mankind was assembled in {to} separate groups giving them {the separate groups which later we will call Ummahs} the understanding that they were to be made vicegerents on Earth while imparting their wisdom and understanding, i.e. granting them power such that each individual (would be) completely and fully responsible for their actions.
That means that no individual can now absolve him or herself from the responsibility of deviation from ALLAH’s WAY. Therefore, it became man‘s duty, if he so chose to make it, to make use of all of his facilities of the gifts given to them to discern truth from error in their respective journeys through life-giving experiences.
The END result becomes quite simply:
HE (GOD) will say: “enter you in the company of the peoples who passed away before you, men and Jinns into the Fire. Every time a new people enters it curses its sister-people (that went before) until they follow each other all into the Fire. Says the last about the first: “Our LORD! It is these that misled us {originally}: so give them a double penalty in the Fire.” HE will say: “doubled for all {of you}“: but this you do not understand {at this time}.
Then the first will say to the last: “See then! NO advantage have you over us; so taste you of the penalty for all that you {yourselves} did!”
To those who reject OUR SIGNS and treat them with ARROGANCE {as if they don’t matter although they have been warned and it is too much above their earthly dignity to spend the time engrossed in this pursuit} no opening will there be of the gates of Heaven nor will they enter the Garden until the camel can pass through the eye of the needle: such is OUR reward for those in sin.
For them there is HELL as a couch (below) and folds and folds of covering above: such is OUR requital of those who do wrong.
But those who {actually} believe and {and actually strive to} work righteousness, NO burden do WE place on any soul but that which it can bear. They will be {the successful} companions of the Garden therein to dwell (forever). Quran (7:38-42)
Can anyone who reads the Quran in earnestness and dwelling upon its beauty actually disbelieve that this BOOK is the greatest miracle of them all!
It is a STANDARD OF TOTAL PERFECTION IN ITS SIMPLICITY AS WELL AS COMPLEXITY in that it can reveal a story with such complete depth that it boggles the mind just thinking about it as can be fathomed from the two verses below. How so? It is such because it came directly from GOD and protected by HIM!
“And if you all are in doubt about what I have revealed to MY servant {Muhammad}, bring a single chapter like it, and call your witnesses besides GOD if you are truthful.” Quran (2:23)
“Say: ‘If ALL mankind and the jinn would come together to produce the like of this Quran, they could not produce the like thereof even though they exerted all {their efforts} and their strength in aiding one another.’” Quran (17:88)
So basically, if we study scripture very, very carefully a sort of believable scenario appears. And this scenario has to make sense all across the board for it to be logical. Of course we don’t have to know these details but the above scenario shows why we don’t find the direct physical evidence of this fantastic tale.
Evidence we do find, however, through the use of scripture and its various connective points giving us at least a vague understanding of the human being (vicegerent or non-vicegerent) which should never be a cause to worship one like that as such. True worship is of course for our CREATOR LORD and for none other!
And that is how the universe has been set up! For those who conform to this scenario, the ONENESS and LORDSHIP of all things belongs to ALLAH by WHOM there is no other, then Paradise can eventually be had! Such are the struggles of men caught in their fleshy abode!!!
Every soul shall have a taste of death: and only on the Day of Judgment shall you be paid your full recompense. Only he who is saved far from the fire and admitted to the garden will have attained the object (of life): for the life of this world is but goods and chattels of deception.
You shall certainly be tried and tested in your possessions and in your personal selves; and you shall certainly hear much that will grieve you from those who received the Book before you and from those who worship many gods. But if you persevere patiently and guard against evil then that will be a determining factor in all affairs.
And remember ALLAH took a COVENANT from the People of the Book {Jews and Christians} to make it known and clear to mankind and not to hide it; but they threw it away behind their backs and purchased with it some miserable gain! And vile was the bargain they made!
Think not that those who exult in what they have brought about and love to be praised for what they have not done think not that they can escape the penalty. For them is a penalty grievous indeed.
To ALLAH belongs the Dominion of the heavens and the earth; and ALLAH has Power over all things. Quran (3:185-189)
As was stated previously that Prophet Muhammad (pbh), who indeed is the Prophet to the Gentiles, seeing that Jesus (pbh) came according to his words to the Jews only, will be speaking about the Arabs who are classified as man.
Seeing that Prophet Muhammad (pbh) is a Prophet for all of humanity and seeing that the Christ-soul is that SIGN for all of humanity, and in both cases, humanity can accept it or reject as there is no compulsion in religion, what Jesus (pbh) declared for himself must naturally be put upon us as men as well as him (Jesus) as he was a man or else he is not our SIGN.
Jesus (pbh) does state that fact as well as does Prophet Muhammad (pbh) each in their own way. It is only those who study the Scriptures and in them find a unifying force for good will be able to see the connection from the following:
Abu Huraira said: ‘The people said, “O ALLAH’s Messenger (pbh)! Who is the most honorable amongst the people (in ALLAH’s Sight)?” He said, “The most righteous amongst them.” They said, “We do not ask you, about this.” He said, “Then Joseph, ALLAH’s Prophet, the son of ALLAH’s Prophet, The son of ALLAH’s Prophet the son of ALLAH’s Khalil (i.e. Abraham).” They said, “We do not want to ask about this,” He said’ “Then you want to ask about the descent of the Arabs. Those who were the best in the pre-Islamic period of ignorance will be the best in Islam PROVIDED THEY COMPREHENDED THE RELIGIOUS KNOLWEDGE.” Bukhari
And the Arabs are human beings so this hadith fits human beings because Muhammad (pbh) is not just a prophet for the Arabs but for mankind as whole! This being the case, these concepts must fit across the board!
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser {meaning HE works on me because it is HE WHO is THE FASHIONER.}
Every branch {meaning action} in me that does not bear fruit HE takes away; and every branch that bears fruit HE prunes, that it may bear more fruit {meaning of myself I can do nothing but must depend upon my LORD for physical and spiritual sustenance}.
You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
Abide in me, and I in you {meaning come follow me}. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself {meaning, no man can come to fulfilment or Paradise by himself}, unless it abides in the vine {meaning the pathway or as in me the true SIGN unto mankind}, neither can you, unless you abide in me {meaning by WILLFULLY following the ONE GOD’s DESIRE as I myself have done}. John (15:1-4)
In the above verses of John (15:1-2) Jesus (pbh) gives full credit to his LORD for purifying himself and advancing himself along the way. He does not claim that of himself he can become purified but that through stages, AND ONLY by the WILL of GOD, he was able to advance and become that finished product of excellence we know as ‘Isa bin Miriam or Jesus the son of Mary (pbh) and hence the Messiah to the world.
And another mystery to be solved is found in the Book of Revelation:
The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.
And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement. Book of Revelation (17:4-6)
When we go back in time and note that there appear two Talmud’s; the Palestinian one which has a lot more truth than the bastardized version from Babylonia which lauds magic and other filthy mischief and contains outright lies against the prophets (peace be upon them all).
So, this direction of approach is nothing but an approach to Satan’s Throne and works with ‘others’ to torment the human race that wants to go straight! And this features false doctrine also which ‘magically’ leads men astray and gives them up to things like idol worship or worship of doctrine over truth!
He {Jesus} answered and said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors me with their lips, But their heart is far from me {in the truth that I bring}.
And in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments {meaning the false desires} of men.’
For laying aside {throwing away} the Commandment of GOD {for HIS PURE WORSHIP/Monotheism}, you hold {to the false} tradition of men— the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do {against the truth thus deceiving men about faith}.” Mark (7:6-8)
To those whom WE have sent the Book {and} study it as it should be studied: They are the ones that believe therein: Those who reject faith therein, the loss is their own. Quran (2:121)
It is not (possible) that a man, to whom is given the Book {Truth imprinted on the heart}, and Wisdom, and the Prophetic Office, should say to people: “Be you my worshippers rather than ALLAH’s”: on the contrary (he would say) “Be you worshippers of HIM WHO is truly the Cherisher of all: For you have taught the Book and you have studied it earnestly.” Quran (3:79)
So set your face steadily and truly to the Faith: (establish) ALLAH’s handiwork according to the pattern on which HE has made mankind: (let there be) no change in the work (wrought) by ALLAH: that is the Standard Religion {THE STRAIGHT WAY}: but most among mankind understand not. Quran (30:30)