Our God — Page 103
Logical Arguments for the Existence of God 103 good and evil and has told him through his fi t rah that this is the good way and this is the evil way. Again it says: 1 َو ُهٰنْيَدَه ِنْيَدْجَّنلا We showed man the two paths—good and evil (through his fi t rah ). Now, it is up to him to follow the way he likes. Elsewhere it states clearly: َو ْذِا َذَخَا َكُّبَر ْۢنِم ْۤيِنَب َمَدٰا ْنِم ْمِهِرْوُهُظ ْمُهَتَّيِّرُذ َو ْمُهَدَهْشَا ىٰۤلَع ْمِهِسُفْنَا ُتْسَلَا 2 ْمُكِّبَرِب١ؕ اْوُلاَق ىٰلَب ١ۛۚ اَنْدِهَش١ۛۚ ْنَا اْوُلْوُقَت َمْوَي ِةَمٰيِقْلا اَّنِا اَّنُك ْنَع اَذٰه َنْيِلِفٰغ And remember the time when your Lord brought forth from the loins of the sons of A dam their offspring and made them wit- nesses against their own selves by saying, ‘Am I not your Lord?’ They replied, ‘Indeed, You are our Lord’. This He did lest you say on the Day of Resurrection, ‘We were unaware of the existence of ’. In short, the knowledge of good and evil exists in the fi t rah of every man; this inherent knowledge substantiates that man did not come into being by himself nor is he the product of a blind law. This is such a clear proof of God’s existence that it cannot be denied by any reasonable person. 1. S u rah al-Balad, 90:11. 2. S u rah al-A‘r a f, 7:173.