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From Darkness to Light

to light. This fact of life is described in the Quran in the chapter
Al-An‘am (The Cattle). The relevant verse of the Quran is as
follows:

Can he who was dead, to whom We gave life, and a
light whereby he could walk among people, be like
him who is in utter darkness from which he can never
emerge? Thus the deeds of those who deny the truth
have been made fair-seeming to them. (6:122)
What is falsehood? According to the Quran, falsehood is that
which is alien to human nature, and the truth is that which is just
according to human nature. This is the criterion by which to judge
between falsehood and truth. According to the Quran, everyone
is divine in nature when he is born. In other words, truth is the
religion of everyone’s nature. There is no difference between true
nature and the real truth: both are one and the same. Everyone
is destined to follow the truth or his divine nature. If there is no
obstacle or cause for deviation, everyone will be true—as he lives
and as he dies—to his divine nature. Divine nature is a powerful
teacher for everyone, for both men and women. When a person
follows his divine nature, he becomes an enlightened person. He
is able to see things as they are. He is able to distinguish between
right and wrong. If he follows his own natural urges, he is bound
to follow the voice of his divine nature.

According to the Quran, falsehood is that which is
alien to human nature, and the truth is that which
is just according to human nature.

In this sense everyone is born as Mr. Right or Ms. Right. But in
life—in family life or social life—there are distractions everywhere
and he who allows himself to be influenced by these distractions
deviates from the divine norm. He falls into darkness, now seeing
everything in an artificial light. He loses his ability to see things

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