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position, and seeing the same people and having to work
hard in an environment they despise gradually wears them
down. As a result, their level of tiredness, stress, and
unhappiness increases.
But the situation in which these people find themselves
totally results from the false ideas on which they’ve based
their lives. Of course, people must work at some job that
will allow them to earn enough to survive. And it is quite
natural that they will experience a number of difficulties
that their work brings with it. The point, however, is that the
difficulties that any job and working environment present
will become sources of frustration for ignorant people, sim-
ply because of their state of mind.
Because both they and those around them live divorced
from the moral teachings of the Qur’an, and because they
view their lives and events from their own particular point
of view, everything seems more difficult and frustrating for
them.
The same is true for those who do not work hard to find
a good and rewarding job, perform the kind of work they
like to do, and secure a good position in their chosen
career. Even if they achieve a good standard of living, no
amount of material wealth can relieve the emptiness in
their hearts. They experience the same anxious spiritual
state. They live a life of discontentment because they are
so passionately attached to this world, they remain ambi-
tious for wealth and possessions, and they regard every-
thing and everyone around them as simply another oppor-
tunity for personal profit.