Page 62 - The importance of conscience in the Qur'an

WHY DON'T PEOPLE
FOLLOW THEIR

CONSCIENCE IN SPITE OF
KNOWING THE TRUTH?

t the core of a man's not following his conscience,
lies the weakness of his faith in Allah and the
A hereafter. This weakness leads to many moral
disorders which make the person even less inclined to follow
conscience.
The conscience of those who resist faith also know
righteousness and the existence of Allah, but for various
reasons do not follow the things which they acknowledge to be
right. In the Qur'an, Allah states in many verses that people
reject knowingly even though they understand and their
conscience is convinced.
For instance, the following is said in relation to the Jews
who distorted the Torah, which is the revelation of Allah:
…A group of them heard Allah's Word and
then, after grasping it, knowingly distorted it.
(Surat al-Baqara: 75)
Many of the People of the Book would love it
if they could make you revert to being
disbelievers after you have become believers,
showing their innate envy now that the truth