Since Almighty God made all human beings swear to His Unique Divinity and Lordship when He created Adam (see Qur'an 7:172), this oath is printed on the human soul even before it enters the mother's foetus. So when a child is born, it has with it a natural belief in God.
This natural belief is called in Arabic the "fitrah". If a child were left alone, it would grow up aware of Almighty God in His Unity, but the pressures of their environment affect all children.
The Prophet Muhammad - the Final Messenger of God (saws), reported that God the Exalted said:
"I created My servants in the right religion, but the devils made them go astray."
Sahih Muslim
The Messenger of God (saws), also said:
"Each child is born in a state of fitrah, but his parents make him a Jew or a Christian."
(Bukhari and Muslim)
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