The Holy Quran 91:8 — Surah Ash-Shams

Arabic text

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

Translation

...and then inspired it with (showed the soul all that entails) evil and (all that entails) piety (so that it may choose the path it wishes to follow).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Man has been given understanding of wickedness and taqwa (mindfulness of Allah): that is, first, in a general way, [Allah] gave [man] the understanding to distinguish between good and evil by means of sound reason and unspoilt innate nature.

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