MAN

- Allah provides guidance and expected to submit, al-Baqarah 2:38; al-Hajj 22:34

- as God's Viceroy, see VICEROY.

- can tell what is good for him and what is wrong, ash-Shams 91:7-10

- created

  - from dust, ar-Rum 30:20

  - from dust, then a seen, then a clot of blood, then blood and flesh, al-Hajj 22:5; al-Mu'minun 23:12-14

  - from gushing fluid between loins and ribs, at-Tariq 86:5-7.
    Some Muslims have claimed this to mean sperms from the man, but clearly, the location between loins and ribs is not correct.

  - from porter's clay of black mud (sounding clay), al-Hijr 15:26,28

  - from water, an-Nur 24:45; al-Furqan 25:54

  - to worship Allah, adh-Dhariyat 51:56

  - with a religious nature, ar-Rum 30:30

  - with weak nature, an-Nisa' 4:28

- creation of life of, al-Fatir 35:11; Sad 38:72; adh-Dhariyat 51:56

- creation for Man's sake, al-Baqarah 2:29

- does not do what is commanded, al-Ahzab 33:72; `Abasa 80:23

- every birth is a new creation, az-Zumar 39:6

- growth of, ar-Rum 30:54

- is

  - by nature anxious, fretful and grudging, al-Ma`arij 70:19-21

  - inconsistent, bani Isra'il 17:11

  - responsible to Allah for own deeds, al-Fatir 35:18

- may not have will to do what conscience says, al-Kahf 18:24-25; ad-Dahr 76:30; at-Takwir 81:29

- one community of, al-Baqarah 2:213; al-Ma'idah 5:20

- prays for good and evil, bani Isra'il 17:11, see also Ta Ha 20:55; al-Anbiya' 21:35; al-Mu'minun 23:12-16

- rain sent for man's sake, an-Naml 27:60

- service is rational, aware of what he is doing, ad-Dahr 76:1-3

- slave to Allah, al-Hijr 15:42; al-Kahf 18:66; ar-Rum 30:28

- superior to angels, al-Hijr 15:28-30

- the fall of, al-Baqarah 2:35; Ta Ha 20:120.
  * Muslims believe that Adam and Eve were "tricked" by Satan and were punished by being literally sent down to earth. Jews and Christians, on the other hand, believe that Adam and Eve sinned against God and were sent away from the Garden (of Eden).

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