Allah Erased Memory Of Ahd-e-Alast Doesn't Make Sense
Good discussion everyone. Still, no a conclusive or a solid reason is found. If I would “GUESS”, perhaps Allah erased our memory to give us, the humans, a reason to avoid hell forever and receive less punishment because we didn’t remember. If we had clear memory of heaven and our promise to Allah and then we had committed sins, it would have been more severe sin and a stricter punishment would become justified (Conversely: Although Adam was not punished severely and forgiven for merely asking Allah for forgiveness). On the other hand, why does Allah says, “Recall” when describing events before our birth? “PERHAPS” Allah is challenging us to try to recall. I wonder if someone tried to recall using technology or perhaps using Hypnotism. As I read that Hypnotism has been used successfully to recall erased memories. Here are some verses where Allah asks us to recall our memories from prebirth. [2:30] Recall that your Lord said to the angels, “I am placing a representative (a temporary god) on Earth.” They said, “Will You place therein one who will spread evil therein and shed blood, while we sing Your praises, glorify You, and uphold Your absolute authority?” He said, “I know what you do not know.” [7:172] Recall that your Lord summoned all the descendants of Adam, and had them bear witness for themselves: “Am I not your Lord?” They all said, “Yes. We bear witness.” Thus, you cannot say on the Day of Resurrection, “We were not aware of this.” [20:116] Recall that we said to the angels, “Fall prostrate before Adam.” They fell prostrate, except Satan; he refused. ————————————— Furthermore numerous times, Allah repeats this word “Recall” or “Remember” for prehistorical events in this World that we do not have a history or memory?
We have to see who is Allah addressing in those verses. Is it Prophet (SW)? Maybe he had the ability to recall events.