Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 30
30 what would deflect it from the course, and log (Taqvaha), . . . , what are the ways that would lead it to Divine nearness. . This verse shows that Allah claims that human nature is straight without any crookedness-is good and has no wickedness. Secondly, it has not only an evenness in its constitution but it is also endowed with an innate sense of good and evil; in other words, God has placed in it a conscience which knows the path of virtue from that of vice. . A stick planed to evenness does not know that it is smooth. . But a man knows what virtues inhere in him. Or, for instance when a man has one rupee in his pocket, it can be said in his case that he is not penniless; but if he does not know that his pocket holds one rupee, he will not make use of it. . Here two points have been brought out. Firstly, that. Allah made every man free from every kind of crookedness. . Secondly, not only He made man pure (in nature) but also imparted to him the knowledge of what in him would lead to vice and what would be a virtuous act. In other words, he is not only pure but also knows how he has to make use of the powers inherent in him, and he has a conscience which knows that a certain act would be sin and another a virtue. the قد أفلح من زكاها و قد خاب من دساها,In the verse point has been further elaborated i. e. , He attained to fortune who kept it (nature) pure. . In other words, it means God did not endow it with evil. . Therefore, the man who does not let it vitiate and keeps its purity untarnished, is a highly successful person. . And one who crushes out its purity and tramples under his feet its goodness is an unlucky person and a failure.