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eration does not bring them comfort and freedom. On the
contrary, living life to the extreme with unrestrained mate-
rial desires removes the very qualities that make an individ-
ual human and worse, results in a model of society that
drags people down into chaos and emptiness. Teenagers
wasting their youth following perverse fads, getting addict-
ed to drugs that ruin their lives and bringing themselves to
the brink of suicide, are only one example of the extent to
this chaos. All these things are caused by the emptiness in
such a person’s spirit. Believing that they can live without
honesty, dignity, and honor, as well as without needing to
develop a good moral character by following the Qur’an’s
morality and practicing human virtues, they collapse both
physically and spiritually. The void in their spirits is reflect-
ed in their faces, looks, speech, and behavior. Their phys-
ical strength deserts them and their beautiful faces arouse
no one’s admiration, for nothing is left of their spirit and
their inner spiritual emptiness is reflected in their faces and
empty eyes. Governed by this spiritual void, they cannot
acquire the qualities that attract real love, respect, and loy-
alty. And so they cannot truly love, be real friends, or give
value to anyone else. All this occurs because ignorant peo-
ple have divorced themselves from the moral teachings of
the Qur’an. This is the natural result of having no fear of
Allah; it’s what transpires when people do not act accord-
ing to their consciences, or place enough importance on a
good moral character and the qualities it engenders. The
moral teachings of the Qur’an are the only solution to these
human frustrations. Only by living according to the morali-

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