are driving along the highway.
Let's imagine that two of these cars have an accident on this road. Let's say that we can clearly see that someone in one of the cars is injured and he is unconscious.
In this situation, one passer-by only looks at the inert body and drives on, whereas another driver immediately stops and helps the injured person, taking him to a nearby hospital
and trying to help him as much as he can.
The important distinction between these two people is that one listened to his conscience whereas the other didn't. The difference of culture, education, work, race, and lineage between them did not have any significance.
Every person, without an exception, possesses this voice of conscience, which tells him what is right.
Whenever he is doing something wrong and in every error he falls into, his conscience always tells him what is right.
For a person to recognize the voice of his conscience is extremely simple, because the voice of conscience, that tells a person the right thing to do in a situation, is always the first thing one hears. As long as a person follows this voice, he will live a life of comfort and peace.
But, on the other hand, if he blocks his ears against this voice and tries to find excuses and justifications for himself, he will have to live with a guilty conscience and experience difficulties from which he cannot escape.
For this reason, the existence of our conscience is a great gift from Allah in that it brings us ease and blessings. One who appreciates this blessing and listens to his conscience will be able to differentiate right from wrong in every situation and will acquire such understanding as will enable him to please Allah and save him in this world and the Hereafter.
Allah tells us that we will be saved by listening to our conscience:
By the soul and Him that moulded it and inspired it with knowledge of sin and piety:
blessed shall be the man who has kept it pure.
(Qur'an, 91:7-9)
The phrase in this verse, "blessed shall be the man who has kept it pure" clearly puts forward the idea that whoever listens to his conscience finds peace.
The situation for those who do not listen to their conscience is explained in the verse succeeding the ones above:
And ruined he that has corrupted it!
(Qur'an, 91:10)
The conscience of those who do not practice religion and the morals Allah approves of,
continues to command what is good, right, and just; and this results in a battle within oneself. The agony of committing immoral besets the sinner day or night. And this brings destruction for a person in this world and the next.
