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TRUE WISDOM DESCRIBED IN THE QUR'AN

water or the oil in the car.
He leaves everything to the last minute. For example, even
when he has to catch his plane, he doesn’t pack his luggage or
run his errands till the last minute. Let’s say his house is an hour
away from the airport; he doesn’t leave until there are only
twenty minutes left. Even if he leaves on time, because he hasn’t
planned how to get there, he cannot find a cab or, even if he
finds a cab, because he hasn’t foreseen a traffic jam, he loses
time and misses his flight. He experiences such mishaps all the
time, but he still doesn’t give up his indifference or think of wise
precautions.
When he is carrying things, he doesn’t think to remove any-
thing that he could step on or bump into. He realizes his mistake
only when he stumbles across obstacles or when he bumps into
something while he is carrying something heavy.
He doesn’t see the danger in placing an object on the edge of
a coffee table, or other such piece of furniture from which it can
fall and break with the slightest impact.

ATHOUGHTLESS PERSON’S UNDERSTANDING OF
ART AND AESTHETICS
Generally, people have a standard understanding of art and
aesthetics. They apply the things they have learned from an
early age throughout their lives. They apply whatever is
thought to be fashionable at the time. But they don’t apply their
wisdom and try to produce something new. Their taste in art is
completely based on imitation. Such people as are lacking in
wisdom cannot come up with anything unique that they
thought of themselves, even if they achieve a certain technical
success with the things they imitate.