Mitya’s Reviews > On Justice and the Nature of Man: A Commentary on Surah al-Nisa (4):58 and Surah al-Mu'minun (23):13-14 > Status Update

The author of this book believes that the Prophet Adam AS, based on evidence in the Quran and earlier revelation, arrived on earth on an event that took place between 7000 and 8000 years ago. He believes that this occurred in Central Arabia, and that it explains the rise of civilisation, whose source is religion, at this time. eg Noah AS' progeny spread to Egypt, Sumer, etc. And started these infamous civilisations.

Man on earth is forgetful, as the story of Adam tells us. The 'nafs al-natiqah', the soul of man, the something of God's spirit that is breathed into the body of man, when considered in itself is free from forgetfulness. But when the soul is associated with the body, at once being 'insan' and 'bashar', then its 'insaniyyah' aspect, preoccupied with 'bashariyyah', becomes forgetful.

The idea of man as a soul throughout the process of secularization has been cast aside, in favour of the material. The non-material characteristics in man is in their view not due to the spiritual nature of the soul, but rather identified as something natural in that it belongs to physics that has the power of reasoning, which is 'mind'. The method of purely empiricism means anthropology replaces psychology.