Human Nature and Sin

1998 Vol. 5: Sept/Oct

Doctors base their prescriptions for cures on their diagnoses of the problems they observe. Traditionally, Muslims have not diagnosed the problem of human nature as being as critical as have Christians. Consequently, they have not seen the need for as radical a solution.
The East African Muslims, Dadru Kateregga, notes that "Muslims believe that man is fundamentally a good and dignified creature. He is not a fallen being."