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Imagine a room lit by a single candle. The walls glow, shadows dance, yet the mystery lies not in the light but in the flame itself. Consciousness is that flame. The body is the room, the brain its walls, but this flickering fire within cannot be fully measured or explained by any tool of science. When the flame dims, we say a person is unconscious, yet who can know if the spark still glows quietly inside?
Science tries to measure this secret. It maps neurons, traces signals, and counts impulses like stars scattered across the night. But none of this explains why the memory of a loved one cuts so deeply, or why a whisper of prayer can steady the heart. Long before modern philosophy this riddle was given a name, the Nafs (نفس) and the soul (روح) — a witness hidden within us.
The Qur’an declares:
“They ask you about the soul. Say: The soul is from the command of my Lord, and you have been given little knowledge of it.” (17:85).
Revelation itself reminds us that the reality of this soul belongs to the command of the God, and that human knowledge is but a drop before the ocean. This is not a refusal of inquiry but a call to humility: consciousness is never just wires and flesh alone, the gift of awareness that binds us to meaning and accountability.
This flame is what turns life into more than survival. It is what allows us to see the higher truth of existence, to recognize that every heartbeat is testimony to its Giver, every choice a trust placed upon us, every moment a chance to walk towards the Real. Without it, we are clever animals or programmed machines, but we do not matter in the higher truth of life. With it, we become witnesses, responsible and awake before God.
If we let the flame inside be diminished, life collapses into noise and emptiness. But if we guard it, nurture it with reflection and remembrance, consciousness becomes more than a puzzle for science. It becomes a compass of the soul, guiding us back to the One who lit the flame within us.
