Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 173
173 call a mere enumeration of natural instincts a code of moral teachings would be doing violence to language. Islam thus defines good morals as the proper use of natural instincts under the guidance of reason and judgment. It condemns as bad morals their improper use which does not take into consideration the propriety or otherwise of a particular action on a particular occasion. I shall now proceed to give instances of rules of moral conduct laid down by Islam, which illustrate the restric- tions placed by Islam on the exercise and working of natural instincts so as to render them of the utmost possible benefit to man. Islam classifies morals as being of two kinds, those relating to the mind and those relating to the body. This classification considerably exalts the moral con- ception. The Holy Quran says:— 'Go not near evils, manifest or hidden. ' 75 In other words, a Muslim is forbidden to ap- proach not merely those evils which become, or can become, known to others, but also those that are com- mitted by the mind and cannot become known to others, except when confessed by the offender himself. Again, it says: 75 Al-An‘ a m, 6:152.