1.  Islam believes in the pre-existence of the one and only Almighty God called Allah.

2.  Allah is the creator of all the worlds and their inhabitants.

3.  Allah created the first man named Adam from a type of clay and mud molded into shape.

4.  Allah created Adam as a vicegerent on Earth to acknowledge and worship only Him so that mankind will achieve success in life and in the hereafter with the guidance, blessings and favor of Allah.

5.  As a vicegerent Adam was entrusted by Allah with responsibilities and accountability to manage and administer the Earth.

6.  To be able to fulfill the tasks of a vicegerent Adam must be physically, spiritually and intellectually proficient.

7.  Adam qualified for the appointment as a vicegerent of Allah after undergoing a test on responsibility and accountability in Paradise before being posted to Earth. There are lessons learned by Adam from his tribulation in Paradise. Adam had learned the lesson of not carrying out the responsibility on the order and directive of Allah against eating the forbidden fruit. Adam had also learned the lesson of accountability for the consequences of his misconduct. Allah removed his attire and his shame was exposed. His wrongdoing had also taught him to be vigilant of temptations by Iblis (Satan). Most of all Adam experienced and comprehend the attributes of a compassionate and merciful Oft-Forgiving Allah who forgave Adam and his wife Eve.

8.  Adam was finally mobilized to Earth with his wife Eve upon qualifying the test and tribulation in Paradise. Adam being on Earth was not a punishment for his transgression because he was created in the first place by Allah for the very purpose of being the vicegerent on Earth. Earth was his very mission and destination.

9.  The mission of Adam on Earth was also the mission of all humanity. His office and purpose are binding to all his descendants. Mankind are to obey the directives of Allah in the ways Allah the Almighty wants them to. The obedient will be well rewarded and the transgressors will be justly punished by Allah in the hereafter.

10. The tragedy of Adam are immortalized in the Holy Qur’an and the Holy Bible for man to take lessons from. The question is how do the lessons from the tragedy of Adam contribute to the great divide between Islam and Christianity?