The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 237
Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness 237 not accepted, it would mean that God does not desire to bestow salvation on anyone. [Chashma-e-Ma'rifat, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 23, pp. 192-193]. Repentance Washes out the Stains of Sin. Though God Almighty has announced that the seed of the Unity of God is present in every soul, He has also expounded that that seed is not in equal strength in everyone and that the natures of some are overcome to such a degree by their passions that that light almost disappears. It is obvious, therefore, that the innateness of animal or aggressive faculties is not inconsistent with the innateness of belief in One God. However much a person may be given to following his desires, and however much he might yield to his evil-directing self, he possesses to some degree a natural light. For instance, if under the impact of passion or anger a person commits theft, murder, or adultery then though this act of his is a demand of his nature, yet the light of well-doing which is invested in his nature rebukes him at the very time when he indulges in any of these improper activities. Allāh the. Exalted refers to it in the verse: فَالْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْويها 77 (Part Number 30). This means that God bestows a type of revelation upon every person which is called the light of the heart and which is the faculty of distinguishing between good and evil. . For example, when a thief commits theft, or a murderer commits murder, God puts it in his heart at the same time 77 Al-Shams, 91:9 [Publisher]