Allah Erased Memory Of Ahd-e-Alast Doesn't Make Sense
Interesting discussion 1. I agree with brother Umer that the word recall or remember is not mentioned in the Arabic ayahs but added by translators to help make the translation more flowing or coherent 2. Question remains that why did Allah did not make us remember it if we had chosen it. World would be a better place if we remembered the covenant. Their will be no need to send all the prophets, books etc. greatest of evils could’ve been avoided and mankind would’ve directed its energies in exploring its God and His universe than wasting time in false ideologies and false gods. Here’s what I think would be a plausible answer Allah mentioned 33:72 that He presented the Al Amana to every creation but all were afraid except human being. This seems that Allah created everything and made them self conscious and gave them free will. Once humans accepted the challenge then consciousness and free will is taken from everything else Afterwards Allah created time and space and began process of creation of our universe and ultimately us. Since our brain and body did not exist before but created much later as a vehicle to carry consciousness and free will, it doesn’t have memory of our covenant with Allah because nothing can remember anything BEFORE it’s existence/creation. The test is simple, what will u do if u r given self awareness and free will. It doesn’t require any memory of any sort. Once we believe there is a God who created us, it’s easy to accept fact that we had accepted the challenge. Mere existence of consciousness and free will is explanation enough of a creator and day of judgement. Self awareness and free will doesn’t help humans survive any better from evolution standpoint so it has to serve some other purpose.
We don’t have to remember but understand just like we understand our childhood memories likes/dislikes from trustworthy sources (parents, siblings, photos etc) the real challenge is to identify a “higher” consciousness or God. Test is not to avoid haram, but to identify Allah. That is why shirk is unforgivable but everything else, in general and in a personal way, is subjected to Allah’s mercy once we identify Allah, it becomes clear that we had chosen to accept the challenge otherwise Allah wouldn’t go against our free will and put us here. He doesn’t do that here does He? (Free will is freedom to take an action and NOT decide an outcome) When u drive and someone comes in front, do u think and then make a decision or ur instincts take over? samething happened with dinosaurs, when meteorite hit earth, they just ran we have to identify differences between consciousness, learned behavior and instinctive actions. we appreciating a car crossing the road as 1 experience, although speed of light is much faster than sound but our consciousness merge the 2 and we experience it as a singular experience, thats consciousness (I am avoiding higher functions of consciousness purposely) we play piano, learned behavior avoid eating something if it tastes or smell bad, an instinct sure brother, we can discuss consciousness separately if it helps clarifies any question or doubt