is the human's death a result of adam's sin? a comparative study of qur'an and bible on death

The story of original sin, that is adam and eve and their sin of eating from the forbidden fruit, are mentioned in bible as well as qur'an . although, there are some similarities in narration of this event in these holy books, there are nuances in some important points. one of the significant differences is the consequences of adam's original sin in eating the forbidden fruit. traditional narratives of the bible emphasize on human death as one of these consequences. this belief has been considered as one of the fundamental assumptions in christian theology. however, there is no narrative in quran. this paper discusses that human's physical death is not necessarily the result of adam's sin, as narrated in torah. rather, the spiritual death that is considered as a result of human sin is the consequence of adam's original sin like other human's sins. this research maintains that the statement of torah is completely interpretable and reasonable by this explanation despite some christian interpretations that changed the whole story. in this respect, quran has never mentioned anything about the physical and spiritual death of adam and his progeny. rather, quran states that his fault in eating the forbidden fruit was forgiven by merciful god and god will never punish people for the sins of others and thus, sin is not hereditary .