Human beings have an attraction for good and bad deeds. A man does good but does not understand why he has done so. Similarly, a person is inclined towards the evil deeds, and when asked as to why he is doing so, he cannot give any reason.
A story is given in Mathnawi Rumi about this attraction [towards evil and good deeds]. There was a pious slave of an evil master. One day early in the morning, the master, along with his slave left for the market to get groceries. On the way, the slave upon hearing Azan, took leave to offer Prayer in the mosque. He enjoyed being in the mosque and was delighted in his worship, and, therefore, after offering the Prayer, he engaged in the remembrance of Allah. Eventually, after some wait, his master called him asking who has restrained him inside the mosque. The servant replied: ‘The same thing that is keeping you outside.’
That is, there is a particular attraction in both [good and evil deeds]. God has pointed towards this fact:
کُلٌّ یَّعۡمَلُ عَلٰی شَاکِلَتِہٖ1
(Malfuzat, Vol. 4, p. 141)
1 Everyone acts according to his own way (Surah Bani Isra’il, 17:85). [Publisher]