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THE SOLUTION TO SECRET SORROWS

tiful landscape give them any pleasure. Deep inside, they feel grief
in environments where others laugh and enjoy themselves. No mat-
ter how they imitate the happiness and cheer of those around them,
their inner spiritual torment never leaves them, not for a moment.
Never can they experience the cheerfulness or tranquility that oth-
ers feel. They can achieve these only through special efforts of will
and concentration. As a result they always feel a weariness that
causes them to live in a kind of stupor even when their bodies are
awake. The way they look at things clearly express their weariness.
Their eyes are open, but have a dull and torpid look, and they
are far from the signs of alertness apparent in a believer.
The weariness caused by this spiritual pressure also has major
physical effects. Such people lack keen perception, speech, coordi-
nation and other skills. They are physically capable, but the pressure
and dullness in their brains prevent them from leading a normal life.
At a subconscious level, they always feel the discomfort stemming
from a troubled conscience. As long as they fail to resolve this un-
rest, they cannot feel at ease.
In the Qur'an, Allah describes the troubled spiritual state of
such people who have not fully placed faith in their hearts as fol-
lows:
[He said,] "But if anyone turns away from My reminder, his
life will be a dark and narrow one and on the Day of
Resurrection We will gather him blind." (Surah Ta Ha: 124)

Material and Spiritual Impurity
In this verse of the Qur'an, we are told of another form of harm
that insincerity inflicts people: "... He casts uncleanness on those
who do not use their intellect." (Surah Yunus: 100)
Allah repays those who do not exercise their consciences or re-

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