39. The journey of a human being is replete with all kinds of misuse of freedom by him. Does this not show that it is inherent in man’s nature to cause atrocities?

When man was granted freedom, it was implicit that there would be misuse. The Quran says:

When your Lord said to the angels, ‘I am putting a successor on earth,’ they said, ‘Will You place someone there who will cause corruption on it and shed blood?’ (Quran 2:30)

But God also placed a check in human nature which was a guarantee that man would not take to 100% evil and would take a U-turn to make a situation positive. This check is the conscience, which is the ability to distinguish right from wrong.