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THE RELIGION OF THE IGNORANT

yourselves and trying to outdo one another in wealth and
children: like the plant-growth after rain which delights
the cultivators, but then it withers and you see it turning
yellow, and then it becomes broken stubble. In the
Hereafter there is terrible punishment but also forgive-
ness from Allah and His good pleasure. The life of this
world is nothing but the enjoyment of delusion. (Surat al-
Hadid, 20)
An ignorant society that has forgotten Allah quickly produces a
culture that takes the life of this world as its sole criterion. This cul-
ture contains superstitious beliefs handed down from its forebears,
and countless rules based on relationships of mutual interests. The
Religion of the Ignorant is the name of the culture in question.
Someone born into this society will adopt its culture over a long
process of education. From the moment they acquire awareness,
they are immersed in the culture of Ignorantism, first from their
families and then from those around them. They increasingly learn
to use others for their own personal interests, to look out for number
one, and to seek goods and status. Members of the society of the ig-
norant do everything necessary to teach them how to prove them-
selves as "proper" men.

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