A Madani Society Begins with Conscience
The Qur’anic account of the refusal of Iblis to prostrate before Adam (Surah al-Hijr, 15:26–39) offers a perennial warning about the nature of corruption. It reminds us that the most effective way to undo a noble idea is not necessarily to destroy it outright, but to distort it from within—to invert its meaning until what once inspired conviction becomes hollow form.

