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without father

with father

without father

without mother

without mother

with mother

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from earth

not from earth

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Allah said to Adam:

Sura al-Baqara 2:35-38,   35 We said: "O Adam! dwell you and your wife in the Garden; and eat of the bountiful things in it as (where and when) you want; but do not approach this tree, or you will be an evil-doer." 36 Then Satan made them slip from the (garden), and got them out of the state (of felicity) in which they had been. We said: "Go down (from paradise to earth). Be enemies to each other! On earth will be your dwelling-place and your means of livelihood - for a time." 37 Then Adam learned from his Lord words of inspiration, and his Lord turned towards him; for he is Oft-Returning, Merciful. 38 We said: "Go down from it (i.e. from paradise to earth); and if, as is sure, there comes to you guidance from me: whoever follows my guidance, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.

Allah said to CHRIST:

Sura Al 'Imran 3:55,   (It was) when Allah said: "'Isa! I let you pass away and I raise you to myself (in heaven) and I cleanse you from those who have sinned (lladhina kafaru); I will make those who follow you superior to those who are sinners (lladhina kafaru), until the Day of Resurrection. Then you will all turn back to me, and I will judge between you of the matters in which you dispute.

To ADAM: "Go down (to earth) from paradise"

To CHRIST: "I raise you to myself (in heaven) "

Adam was lowered away from Allah (and his throne)

Christ was raised up to Allah (and his throne)

Adam dwells on earth and is no longer in paradise

Christ dwells in heaven and is no longer on earth

Adam started in heaven and ended on earth

Christ began on earth and ended in heaven

To ADAM: "Be enemies to each other!" (this cannot happen without sin)

To CHRIST: "I cleanse you from those who have sinned "

Adam was polluted by his own hatred and enmity

Christ was purified from the sins of others

The pollution of Adam is not a divine attribute. (Why else do Muslims have to cleanse themselves, if they pray?)

The purity of Christ is a divine attribute.  (How else would God have been able to cleanse Christ, if he were not pure in himself?)

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The angels said about ADAM:

Sura al-Baqara 2:30,   (It was) when your Lord said to the angels: "I will create a successor (khalifa) on earth." They said: "Will you place on it someone who will make mischief in it and shed blood,  while we (angels) extol you and praise your holiness?" He said: "I know what you do not know."

The angels said about Christ:

Sura Al 'Imran 3:45-46,   45 (It was) when the angels said: "Mary! Allah gives you glad tidings of a Word (kalimatun) from him(self) whose name is (ismuhu) CHRIST 'Isa, the son of Mary. He will be esteemed (wagih) in this world and in the hereafter, one of those brought near (to Allah); 46 "He will (already) speak to the people in the crib  (mahd) and (also later) in maturity. And he will be one of the righteous ones (as-salihina)."

About Adam: 'Someone who will make mischief on earth and shed blood!'

(jufsidu = 'he makes mischief' brings fasaad = corruption; i.e. the characteristics of earth as created by God are changed.)

About CHRIST: 'Allah gives you glad tidings of a Word (kalimatun) from him(self) whose name is (ismuhu) CHRIST 'Isa, the son of Mary!'

(kalimatun = 'a word' in Arabic is in the feminine; ismuhu = 'his name (is)' in Arabic is in the masculine; i.e. the Word is CHRIST!)

The Koran nowhere says that Adam is esteemed in this world.

About CHRIST: 'esteemed (wagih) in this world', i.e. without sin (like God)

The Koran nowhere says that Adam will be esteemed in the hereafter.

About CHRIST: 'esteemed (wagih) in the hereafter, i.e. he will be intercessor (shafi') for mankind in the final judgement

Since Adam, according to the Koran, was lowered from paradise down to earth, has died there and was buried there, it follows that Adam is not one of those brought near (to God).

About CHRIST: 'one of those brought near (to God)', i.e. God allows him to come to himself.

Only those who share God's attributes may approach him. al-muqarrabina = 'those who have been brought near' is connected with qarib = 'close / a relative of'; i.e. if Christ is near God, then he is a relative of God.

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About Adam:

Sura al-Baqara 2:36,   Then Satan made them slip from (paradise), and get them out of the state (of felicity) in which they had been. We said: "Get down (from paradise to earth)! You will be enemies for each other. On earth will be your dwelling-place and your means of livelihood - for a time."

Christ said about himself::

Sura Al 'Imran 3:49, And as a messenger (of Allah) to the Children of Israel, ('Isa came with this message): "I have come to you with a Sign from your Lord, in that I make for you out of clay what appears to be a bird, and breathe into it, and it becomes a bird, with Allah's permission; and I will heal the blind and the lepers, and I will make alive the dead, with Allah's permission; and I declare to you what you eat, and what you store in your houses (without having seen it)! Surely therein is a Sign for you if you would believe."

Satan caused them to slip (away from Allah's command)

The Koran knows of no slip (away from Allah's command) that Christ would have committed

Satan had power over Adam

Nowhere does the Koran report that Satan had power over Christ

Adam did not know (according to the KORAN) the punishment, that would come over him, if he broke Allahs command; i.e. he did NOT know what is unsseeably hidden (al-ghayb). -- If Adam (according to the KORAN) would have known the punishment, then he would not have sinned.

Sura al-Baqara 2:35,   And we said: "O Adam! ... do not approach this tree, or else you will belong to the evil-doers." -- And Sura al-A'raf 7:19,   And "O Adam! ...  do not approach this tree, or else you will belong to the evil-doers." (i.e. the punishment was not revelaed to him by Allah - before having sinned.)

(In contrast, the TORA says: Genesis 2:17,   But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for on the day that you eat of it you will surely die.)

Christ (according to the KORAN) knew what is unseeably hidden (al-ghayb), because he could tell the people all that they hide away (Sura 3:49).

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Adam did nothing divine, but was completely subjected to the human condition.

Christ performed divine miracles (he created, he healed, he knew the unseeably hidden, he cleansed/relieved the sick and raised the dead -- Sura 3:49)

Adam was disobedient to God, therefore God degraded him from heaven down to earth (Sura 2:36)

Christ was obedient to God, therefore he raised him to Himself (Suras 3:55 and 4:157)

Adam was NOT strengthened by the Spirit of Allah, therefore he fell as a prey to Satan

Christ was strengthened by the Spirit of Allah, therefore Satan had not power over him  (Suras 2:87.253; 5:110)

The woman was taken out of Adam (Suras 4:1; 7:189; 30:21; 39:6; 42:11)

Christ was taken out of the woman (Sura 3:45-48)

Adam was first body, then spirit (Sura 15:28-29)

Christ was first spirit, then body (Suras 4:171; 21:91; 66:12)

Adam married and fathered physical children (Suras 4:1; 7:189)

Christ did not marry and fathered no physical children

Adam asked Allah for forgiveness (Sura 7:23)

Christ did not have to ask Allah for forgiveness, rather he ordered/commanded that men should obey him  (Sura 3:50)

Adam sinned and fathered sinful children

Christ did not sin, rather he cleansed/relieved (abra'a) the sick (of their sin) (Sura 3:49)

Adam died and remained lying in his grave (Sura 2:36)

Christ died and rose from the dead (Sura 3:55)