How does Allah forgive sins?

**TruthFollower** · 01-05-2016

Are all men sinners deserving of eternal punishment in Allah's view? If so, how does he atone for all man's sins against him? If he has not taken man's sins upon himself then aren't all men still guilty of sin whether they believe in Allah or not?

The Christian God provides a solution for sin through Jesus Christ, His son, which is just one of many reasons why I believe Jesus took my sins upon Himself, so that I can have eternal life. Allah does not provide a logical way to forgive my sins, so why should I believe in him?

The Christian God is described as eternally good, meaning it is good of God to create man with free will to either listen to Him and follow Him(good/life) or not(evil/death). Listening and following God is good and will result in eternal life, but not listening to God is evil and will result in death. Adam and Eve did not listen to God and therefore all men must die for evil sin, but since God is eternally good, He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus to willingly die for all mankind and give eternal life to those that accept Christ as their savior. This is how God has taken the sins of all mankind onto Himself so that anyone who believes in Jesus can have eternal life with Him.

What solution for sin does Allah provide? Are we all still guilty of sin in Allah's view, meaning we will all be eternally punished for our sins whether we believe in Allah or not?

I hope for honest answers to my questions.

Thanks!

**aamuslim** · 01-17-2016

Originally Posted by TruthFollower

...In order to forgive His creation of it's sins and destroy evil, He sent His only begotten Son Jesus who lived a perfect life and willingly went to the cross and died for all man's sins. Jesus also being God did this by the power of God, not of man. In going to the cross and willingly laying down his life for all, God was able to destroy evil and sin...

Thank you for this, but does Allah have a way to destroy sin and evil forever? He can grant forgiveness forever, but man will continue to sin against him, unless he has a way to destroy sin and evil and restore his creation to perfection. It seems under Allah, man will just forever continue to sin and ask for forgiveness, there is never a real solution that destroys sin and evil forever. It seems a perfect God would be able to destroy sin forever so that we never have to ask for forgiveness again because we are made perfect by God.

Originally Posted by greenhill

Thank you.

Still, I don't get it. Why do we still have to die if death is destroyed? Death is still around, as it has been, uninterrupted, today and until Doomsday.

As is sin. That is still around today. Neither destroyed but still at large.

So what is it you are saying?

TruthFollower, you have not responded to the above post. But I think you know the reality, sin and evil, and death are part of life and will remain forever on this earth. Only in the next life, there will be NO sin, evil, or death.

Originally Posted by TruthFollower

Jesus is the new Adam, a perfect sinless Adam who lived and died for all people by the power of God's love, mercy, forgiveness and righteous judgment.

We believe that Adam was created without a mother and a father, and we also believe that any person that enters the world is sinless. However according to Christianity, any person who comes out of the womb of their mother is born with sin. Accordingly, Mary the mother of Jesus according to Christianity would be born with sin, and similarly when Mary gave birth to Jesus, Jesus would also be born with sin. For Jesus to be the new Adam, God would have to create Jesus just like Adam, without a mother and a father, and without coming out of the womb of a mother. Islamically, we believe that both Mary and Jesus when they were born were sinless, and that goes for anyone born on earth, everyone is born sinless.

The truth is, Jesus Christ is the son of Mary, who called people towards worshiping God alone, without any partners. This was the single most important commandment taught by all those sent as Messengers by God.

You need to research how did the "Original Sin" doctrine and the concept of "Trinity" came about. Did Abraham, Noah, Moses and the rest of the Prophets and Messengers sent by God taught these concepts to their followers? IF we suppose they were all along, then the followers of Moses (the Jews) and followers of other Messengers would have these similar beliefs. But the Jews for example, who believe in Moses and the Old Testament do not hold such beliefs (they do not believe in Original Sin nor Trinity). The original followers of Jesus (Jewish Christian) did not had such beliefs, these beliefs originated and became revised and then official in Christianity many years after Jesus had long gone from his followers.