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18 SOLUTION THE VALUES OF THE QUR'AN

around him, only notices those events
that relate to his own life and cares for Except for those who
nothing else. For instance, in case of a do prayer and are
civil war breaking out in a country with constant in it; those in
which he trades, he feels concerned only whose wealth there is
for the money he would lose. He never a known share for
thinks of the people massacred, the beggars and the
babies violently murdered and the destitute; those who
fearful and grievous life in that country. affirm the Day of
Never do these painful pictures occur to Judgement, those who
his mind. Only chasing after his money, are fearful of the
he never thinks of helping those people punishment of their
in one way or another. This is, however, Lord. (Surat al-
only one of the examples of the Ma'arij: 22-27)
indifference that some people consider
reasonable, and take for granted.
Almost everyday, newspapers and television give extensive coverage
to stories of people in every corner of the world who are exposed to
unbearable hardship and violence. Disorder, whose source is non-
adherence to the values of the Qur'an and the Sunnah, and disbelief
account for the majority of these ordeals. Be it in Palestine, Indonesia,
Kosovo, Chechnya, or any other place in the world, you see the images of
people dragged along the ground because of a handful of land, or kicked,
shouted at, or humiliated before the eyes of their children. Similarly,
everyone is familiar with seeing little kids desperately hurling stones to
defend themselves. Having seen all these horrible scenes, however, some
people can still go to sleep and go on with their usual lives since they
personally come to no harm. Not being in the habit of thinking "big" and
lacking superior values and a conscience, such cruelty simply does not
move these people.
Imagining oneself in the shoes of the oppressed will surely show us
how these people have no conscience at all about such saddening events.
If one of these people were in an environment where innocent people are