Quran Verses about Human nature (fitrah)

صِبۡغَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَنۡ أَحۡسَنُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ صِبۡغَةٗۖ وَنَحۡنُ لَهُۥ عَٰبِدُونَ ١٣٨

Ṣibghatallāhi wa man aḥsanu minallāhi ṣibghah, wa naḥnu lahū ʿābidūn.

[And say, "Ours is] the religion of Allāh. And who is better than Allāh in [ordaining] religion? And we are worshippers of Him."

فَأَقِمۡ وَجۡهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفٗاۚ فِطۡرَتَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِي فَطَرَ ٱلنَّاسَ عَلَيۡهَاۚ لَا تَبۡدِيلَ لِخَلۡقِ ٱللَّهِۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلۡقَيِّمُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٠

Fa aqim wajhaka lid-dīni ḥanīfā, fiṭratallāhil-latī faṭaran-nāsa ʿalayhā, lā tabdīla likhalqillāh, dhālikad-dīnul-qayyimu wa lākinna aktharan-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn.

So direct your face [i.e., self] toward the religion, inclining to truth. [Adhere to] the fiṭrah¹ of Allāh upon which He has created [all] people. No change should there be in the creation of Allāh.² That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know.

۞ مُنِيبِينَ إِلَيۡهِ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَلَا تَكُونُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ٣١

Munībīna ilayhi wattaqūhu wa aqīmuṣ-ṣalāta wa lā takūnū minal-mushrikīn.

[Adhere to it], turning in repentance to Him, and fear Him and establish prayer and do not be of those who associate others with Allāh

وَإِذۡ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنۢ بَنِيٓ ءَادَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمۡ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمۡ وَأَشۡهَدَهُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ أَلَسۡتُ بِرَبِّكُمۡۖ قَالُواْ بَلَىٰ شَهِدۡنَآۚ أَن تَقُولُواْ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنۡ هَٰذَا غَٰفِلِينَ ١٧٢

Wa idh akhadha rabbuka mim banī ādama min ẓuhūrihim dhurriyyatahum wa ashhadahum ʿalā anfusihim alastu birabbikum, qālū balā shahidnā, an taqūlū yawmal-qiyāmati innā kunnā ʿan hādhā ghāfilīn.

And [mention] when your Lord took from the children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants and made them testify of themselves, [saying to them], "Am I not your Lord?" They said, "Yes, we have testified." [This] - lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection, "Indeed, we were of this unaware."

أَوۡ تَقُولُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَشۡرَكَ ءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبۡلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةٗ مِّنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡۖ أَفَتُهۡلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلۡمُبۡطِلُونَ ١٧٣

Aw taqūlū innamā ashraka ābāʾunā min qablu wa kunnā dhurriyyatam mim baʿdihim, afatuhlikunā bimā faʿalal-mubṭilūn.

Or [lest] you say, "It was only that our fathers associated [others in worship] with Allāh before, and we were but descendants after them. Then would You destroy us for what the falsifiers have done?"

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ ١٠

Wa hadaynāhun-najdayn.

And have shown him the two ways?¹

وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ٧

Wa nafsiw wa mā sawwāhā.

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it¹

فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا ٨

Fa alhamahā fujūrahā wa taqwāhā.

And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ٩

Qad aflaḥa man zakkāhā.

He has succeeded who purifies it,

وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ١٠

Wa qad khāba man dassāhā.

And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].

وَلَأُضِلَّنَّهُمۡ وَلَأُمَنِّيَنَّهُمۡ وَلَأٓمُرَنَّهُمۡ فَلَيُبَتِّكُنَّ ءَاذَانَ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ وَلَأٓمُرَنَّهُمۡ فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّ خَلۡقَ ٱللَّهِۚ وَمَن يَتَّخِذِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَ وَلِيّٗا مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَقَدۡ خَسِرَ خُسۡرَانٗا مُّبِينٗا ١١٩

Wa laʾuḍillannahum wa laʾumanniyannahum wa laʾāmurannahum falayubattikunna ādhānal-anʿāmi wa laʾāmurannahum falayughayyirunna khalqallāh, wa may yattakhidhish-shayṭāna waliyyam min dūnillāhi faqad khasira khusrānam mubīnā.

And I will mislead them, and I will arouse in them [sinful] desires, and I will command them so they will slit the ears of cattle, and I will command them so they will change the creation of Allāh." And whoever takes Satan as an ally instead of Allāh has certainly sustained a clear loss.