The Qur’an For All Humanity
God’s Voice
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GOD’S VOICE
When your Lord brought forth descendants from
the loins of Adam’s children, and made them
testify against themselves, (He said): ‘Am I not
your Lord?’ They replied: ‘We bear witness that
You are.’ (This He did) lest you should say on the
Day of Resurrection: ‘We had no knowledge of
that,’ or: ‘Our forefathers set up partners with
God; but will You destroy us, their descendants,
on account of what the followers of falsehood did?’
Thus We make plain Our revelations so that they
may return to the right path.
(The Qur’an 7:172-174)
This explains how the Lord and Creator instilled
conscience into human nature in such an indelible
way that it became the prime indicator of man’s
humanity. Whenever a moral issue comes before an
individual, it is his conscience which gives him a
clear indication of what is right and what is wrong.
(In our times, the experiences of the USSR in one
respect and of Turkey in another are proofs that
even a totally adverse, anti-religious atmosphere
