Sensitivity as an Inner Check

Sensitivity as an Inner Check According to the Quran, to understand the Quran requires deep contemplation. Without applying reason no one can undertake deep contemplation. In this sense reason is very important for the understanding of the Quran. If you read the Quran you will find that the Quran always addresses the reason. So, without developing the reason no one can understand the Quran properly. Reason is the key to all kinds of better understanding— religious matters, spiritual matters, social matters, or any matter can be understood by applying reason. Reason gives us the master key to a better understanding of all kinds of human issues. Sensitivity as an Inner Check All men and women have a unique kind of faculty, that is, conscience, which is the centre of moral sensitivity. This faculty is a natural gift to all. The Quran refers to this faculty in the chapter Al-A‘raf (The Heights): If an evil impulse from Satan provokes you, seek refuge with God; He is all-hearing, and all-knowing. When any evil suggestion from Satan touches those who fear God, they are instantly alerted and become watchful; but the followers of devils are led relentlessly into error by them. They never desist. (7:200-202)