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The Losses Thoughtlessness Brings With It

in others’ eyes.
Because they don’t live by the teachings of the Qur’an, they
can never be close friends with anyone in the real sense; they
cannot comprehend the beauty of real love, respect, loyalty, and
many other moral virtues. As they don’t live according to the
Qur’an, they experience the difficulties of an ignorant system.
Regret constantly rules their lives; they are always complaining
about what they did the day before or even an hour before and
keep voicing their regret.
Because they don’t use their reason they cannot speak well or
wisely. They talk for hours but still can’t sort things out; they
cannot take rapid precautions, and come up with rational solu-
tions. Unable to see the beauty and refinement of others, they
cannot express their appreciation of them. They can neither
enjoy the subtleties of art and aesthetics nor can they develop
practical innovations. They cannot give up their traditional way
of living and their habits; they cannot renew themselves or
evolve.
The state of thoughtless people is thus illustrated in the
Qur’an:
Allah uses another metaphor: take a man who is deaf
and dumb, unable to do anything, a burden on his mas-
ter; no matter where he directs him he returns with
empty hands. Is he as good as someone who commands
justice and is on the right path? (Surat an-Nahl: 76)
Without a doubt, this example expresses the state a thought-
less person is in. Since a thoughtless person, as declared in the
verse, is someone who has no power over anything and, as well
as not being of any benefit to himself, he is a burden to those