THE DEADLY SINS

      (SIN may be defined as an action, or mission, or state, which destroys, contravenes, or impedes man's relation to God, as the highest good, and final goal of human life. SIN is therefore not primarily an offense against mankind, nor mere breach of established conventions, but a rebellion in some form against the will of God.

      Jewish and Christian traditions, find the first sin the disobedience of Adam, the effects of which pass by way of generation to his descendants.

      The serious sins that result in damnation, and are fatal to spiritual progress, are numbered up to seven by the Christians, and are named as Deadly Sins or Mortal and they are: 1) PRIDE. 2) COVETOUSNESS. 3) LUST. 4) ANGER. 5) GLUTTONY. 6) ENVY. 7) SLOTH.

      But from Islam's point of view, the following are some of the capital and Deadly Sins:

      1) POLYTHEISM. 2) COMMITING MURDER WITHOUT ANY RIGHT. 3) BEING CURSED BY PARENTS. 4) CALUMNY. 5) BACKBITING. 6) ADULTERY. 7) PEDERASTY. 8) COMMITTING THEFT. 9) DRINKING INTOXICANT AND ALCOHOLIC DRINKS.

      Generally, any sin that QURطN has promised Hell for it is considered as capital or Deadly sin in Islam, and the rest of sins we may consider as VENIAL SINS.   TRANSLATOR'S NOTE)