Open Accessوصتر فنر زرہےک وحاےل ےساالسیم امیلعتت اک یملع ویقیقحت اجئ
Author(s) -
Zahra Batool,
Rashida Parveen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
fahm-i islām
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2664-0031
pISSN - 2664-0023
DOI - 10.37605/fahm-i-islam.2.2.5
Subject(s) - soul , worship , humanity , subject (documents) , agency (philosophy) , philosophy , environmental ethics , theology , epistemology , computer science , library science
The around 289 verses of Holy Quran, which are based on Nafs (self, ego, soul), show the importance of the subject mainly associated with the thoughts and actions of mankind. Every book has a topic and the Holy Quran's topic is hinged upon mankind. In the Holy Quran the Almighty Allah is directly addressing mankind. The God has created man so that the man can worship Him and discover Him. Although humanity is united in possessing the qualities of Nafs, people are individually responsible for exercising the agencies of their 'free will' that it provides them. The Quran affords much importance to the 'nafs' of an individual, highlighting the agency of 'free will' and intelligence, without which neither responsibility nor accountability can exist. The Quran does not attribute to the Nafs any inherent properties of 'good' or 'evil', but instead conveys the idea that it is something which has to be nurtured and self-regulated, so that it can progress into becoming 'good' (or conversely, 'evil') through its thoughts and actions. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) said! 'The one who can discovers his Nafs is one who finds out about God'.