There have been few monotheists willing to characterize Adam and Eve’s immigration in this kind of American light, because to give preference to this world implies reducing the importance of the afterlife. One of the people to go against the monotheistic consensus was Indo-Pakistani poet Iqbal. Adopting the point of view of Adam and Eve looking back to Eden from Earth, he writes in his book Moonbeams Over the East: Thou didst create night and I made the lamp, Thou didst create clay and I made the cup, Thou didst create the deserts, mountains and forest, I produced the orchards, gardens and groves, It is I who turn stone into mirror, And it is I who turn poison into antidote
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 06:16:02 +0000
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