Page 66 - Why Do You Deceive Yourself ?

The End Awaiting Those

Who Deceive Themselves

t the beginning of this book we said that Prophet Ibrahim
(as) realized the existence and greatness of Allah and imme-

A diately understood the necessity of serving Him through
the use of his own conscience, without having to be taught. You should
know that everybody has the same conscience. What distinguishes
people regarded as having no conscience from those whose conscience
is strongly developed is that the former close their eyes and stop up
their ears against what they know to be true, while the latter do not.
People who heed the voice of their conscience at every moment
like Prophet Ibrahim (as), a prophet praised by Allah in the Qur'an,
lead beautiful and tranquil lives because such people possess the spir-
itual ease which comes with conformity to what is right and hoping
for a fine reward in the Hereafter. The exact opposite is true of people
who do not heed their consciences. These people suffer the secret pain,
the hidden torment of the conscience, of knowing that their failure to