Page 37 - The importance of conscience in the Qur'an

LIVING THE QUR'AN BY

FOLLOWING THE
CONSCIENCE AT ALL TIMES

he sole purpose of a person who becomes aware of
the existence of Allah and the hereafter, is to please
T Allah and to live eternally in paradise. It is impossible
for someone who acts upon his conscience and wisdom, to set
an objective other than this. Another great error of man is to
think that religion is a belief that covers only a small portion of
one's life; that it is something to be remembered only on certain
days, and that nothing is related with it except some rites of
worship. On the contrary, in the Qur'an, it is stated that man's
whole life, along with all rites, must be for Allah:

Say: 'My prayer and my rites, my living and my
dying, are for Allah alone, the Lord of all the
worlds.' (Surat al-An'am: 162)

This means that in all his words, decisions and actions,
man must pay attention to whether Allah is pleased with him or
not. If he thinks that something is not pleasing to Allah, then he
must totally avoid it. There is no other choice for a man who
will be called to account for the life he has led, and whose
eternal abode will be decided by the result. Furthermore,
someone who is not ungrateful and who thinks and compre-