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uneasy. They spend their days, and even their whole lives, in
sorrow and lament. This attitude of not putting their trust in
Allah manifests itself in everyday life under all circumstances
and indeed, throughout their lives.
For instance, a housewife's priorities in life are limited to
her family, home and housework. If she encounters a problem
which she fails to resolve, she never thinks this to be an inci-

dent occurring under the control of Allah and that ultimately
there must be some good in it. She perceives a trivial incident
as a trouble and nurses a grievance about it. This minor event
even makes her very unhappy and causes her to sink into a de-
pressed mood. Yet, what troubles her so much is probably
nothing but a meal she forgot in the stove or the vacuum clean-
er breaking down. However, by not surrendering herself to
Allah and living by the principles of religion, she finds even the
simplest problems becoming a great source of sorrow for her.
The same mentality characterizes this housewife's hus-
band, the manager of a company who has problems in his busi-
ness life. He thinks what distresses his wife at home are all mi-

nor irritants. Yet in his eyes his own matters are of the most vi-
98 tal importance. Failing to grasp that everything proceeds under
the control of Allah, such a person lacks a positive attitude and
becomes psychologically troubled. The same applies to chil-
dren who live in an environment where religious values are not
honored. In their world, confined within school walls, the edu-
cational life, lasting ten to fifteen years, greatly obsesses them.
They can hardly overcome their despair at having had a single
poorly-done exam, even after earning a respectable number of

A's. They feel most worried about their friendships and their
popularity. Pessimism, hopelessness, failing to find solutions
and complaining are largely a legacy of their parents and the

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