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THE REASONS FOR

UNAWARENESS

Not listening to one’s conscience

The conscience is a guide that, by Allah’s inspiration,
always points to the right path:

And (I swear by) the self and what proportioned it and
inspired it with depravity or a sense of duty. One who
purifies it has succeeded; one who covers it up has
failed. (Surat ash-Shams: 7-10)
Depravity is the desire to fulfill the ego’s desires and pas-
sions even if it means doing what is forbidden or illegal. Allah
constantly inspires, through one’s conscience, a warning
against depravity. Constantly obeying this voice cleanses and
purifies people from sin and leads them to salvation and hap-
piness. Those who follow their ego first fall into the depths of
unawareness and then advance on the road to perdition:
And they repudiated them (Our Signs) wrongly and
haughtily, despite their own certainty about them. (Surat
an-Naml: 14)
The conscience constantly warns people against the
ego’s limitless desires and urges them to follow the right path.
Unaware people do not heed this warning, thinking that it will