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Wa `alaykum as-salamu wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

Thank you, dear brother, for your question that emanates from a thoughtful heart and shows your interest to know more about Islam and its teachings.

The Qur’an indicates that humans are created on the pure nature. Therefore, it is unbecoming of a human to disbelieve in his Creator Almighty Allah.

Responding to your question, Dr. Wael Shihab, PhD in Islamic Studies, Al-Azhar University, and the Head of the Shari`ah Dept. of Onislam.net website, stated,Thank you for your question.

In think you are referring to the Qur’anic verse that reads, “And (remember) when your Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from their loins, their seed (or from Adam's loin his offspring) and made them testify as to themselves (saying): "Am I not your Lord?" They said: "Yes! We testify," lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection: "Verily, we have been unaware of this.” (Al-A`raf 7: 172)

There are various interpretations for the above Qur’anic verse. Many scholars incline to the interpretation that the verse is referring to creating people on the pure human instinct (fitrah).

In his interpretation (Tafsir) Ibn Kathir said:

“Allah stated that He brought the descendants of Adam out of their fathers' loins, and they testified against themselves that Allah is their Lord and King and that there is no deity worthy of worship except Him. Allah created them on this fitrah, or way, just as He said, {So set you (O Muhammad) your face truly towards the religion, Hanifan. Allah's fitrah with which He has created mankind. No change let there be in creation of Allah.} (Ar-Rum 30: 30)

And, it is recorded in the Two Sahihs from Abu Hurayrah who said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Every child is born upon the fitrah, it is only his parents who turn him into a Jew, a Christian or a Zoroastrian. Just as animals are born having full bodies, do you see any of them having a cutoff nose (when they are born)?”

Imam Muslim recorded that `Iyad ibn `Himar said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Allah said, `I created My servants Hunafa' (monotheists), but the devils came to them and deviated them from their religion, prohibiting what I allowed.”

Though there are other interpretations for the referred to Qur’anic verse, I believe that a Muslim should concern himself or herself, first and foremost, with maintaining true faith in Allah and acting according to the ethics and values of Islam. A Muslim should spare no efforts in drawing himself or herself closer to Allah by having sound belief and doing good deeds.

May Allah accept your and our good deeds!

Allah Almighty knows best.