Human heart possesses both a constructive power and a destructive one. The Holy Quran points to both of them in various verses and says. Nay! I swear by the Day of Resurrection. Nay! I swear by the self-accusing soul. (1) Regarding the second it says: Most surely man’s self is wont to command him to do evil, except such as my Lord has had mercy on, (2) Man, naturally has an inclination toward God due to the positive dimension. The Quran says in the same background. In the right state – the nature made by Allah in which He has made men. (3)

He has power to travel toward good and become a lofty being. He has the capacity to lift himself up to the state of Nafse Mutmainnah (Restful soul) How beautiful is the Word of Allah: O soul that art at rest! Return to your Lord, well pleased with Him, well pleasing Him. So enter among My servants. And enter into My garden. (4)

In the negative dimension, too, the human nature has been recognised as stingy, greedy, quarrelsome, hasty and thankless. Hence we find these subjects in the Holy Quran:

And man is niggardly. (5)

Surely man is created of a hasty temperament. (6)

And man is most of all given to contention. (7)

And man is ever hasty. (8)

Most surely man is ungrateful to his Lord. (9)

The negative dimension of man’s self is such that he can drag himself down unto the lowest of the low. The Holy Quran says: Then we render him the lowest of the low except those who believe and do good. (10)

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