Verse 6
The Fig • makkah
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人生来就有一种纯洁而清白的天性, 一种行善的自然倾向, 但他也有巨大的自由意志和行动, 能随自己的意愿塑造自己。他还具有巨大的天赋才能和创造性, 在道德上取得无限进步, 在精神上提高到成为一面镜子, 反映出安拉的常德。但是如果他滥用安拉赐予的才能和常德, 他就会堕落到禽兽不如的地步。一如下一节所指出的沦为魔鬼的化身。简言之, 他赋有行善作恶的巨大潜力。
Man is born with a pure and unsullied nature, with a natural tendency to do good, but he has also been given a large measure of freedom of will and action to mould himself as he chooses. He has been endowed with great natural powers and creative qualities to make unlimited moral progress and to rise spiritually so high as to become the mirror in which Divine attributes are reflected. But if he misuses God-given powers and attributes, he sinks lower than even beasts and brutes and becomes Devil incarnate as the next verse shows. Briefly, he is blessed with great potentialities for doing good and evil.
Commentary:
If "man" is taken to mean the whole mankind the verse signifies that good precedes evil. This is Islam’s main difference with the protagonists of the theory of man’s moral evolution, according to whom evil precedes good. If man is taken as an individual the verse means that God has bestowed upon man great natural faculties and powers and has revealed guidance in order that by making right use of them and following Divinely-revealed guidance he might reach the high destiny intended for him.
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人生来就有一种纯洁而清白的天性, 一种行善的自然倾向, 但他也有巨大的自由意志和行动, 能随自己的意愿塑造自己。他还具有巨大的天赋才能和创造性, 在道德上取得无限进步, 在精神上提高到成为一面镜子, 反映出安拉的常德。但是如果他滥用安拉赐予的才能和常德, 他就会堕落到禽兽不如的地步。一如下一节所指出的沦为魔鬼的化身。简言之, 他赋有行善作恶的巨大潜力。
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Commentary:
If "man" is taken to mean the whole mankind the verse signifies that good precedes evil. This is Islam’s main difference with the protagonists of the theory of man’s moral evolution, according to whom evil precedes good. If man is taken as an individual the verse means that God has bestowed upon man great natural faculties and powers and has revealed guidance in order that by making right use of them and following Divinely-revealed guidance he might reach the high destiny intended for him.
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Man is born with a pure and unsullied nature, with a natural tendency to do good, but he has also been given a large measure of freedom of will and action to mould himself as he chooses. He has been endowed with great natural powers and creative qualities to make unlimited moral progress and to rise spiritually so high as to become the mirror in which Divine attributes are reflected. But if he misuses God-given powers and attributes, he sinks lower than even beasts and brutes and becomes Devil incarnate as the next verse shows. Briefly, he is blessed with great potentialities for doing good and evil.