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ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN

departs from the realm of wisdom and
enters the tyranny of emotion. In such
people, emotion thwarts intelligence
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and clouds the mind.
Without any regard for the criteria
of the Qur'an, they dote excessively on
the person they are in love with, they
may be in great fear of their boss, their
spouse or someone else, or they may
become enraged with anger. Of course,
we would not expect anyone in such a
spiritual state to be wise in behaviour,
because in such people wisdom is
superseded by unbounded emotion
Sentimentality robs a person of his
sense of reality. One of the most telling
signs of an emotional personality is his
desire to live in a world divorced from
reality; he is like one who lives in a
dream world, with only a tenuous
connection to reality. Instead of reason
and logic, he chooses emotion; and
instead of reality, he chooses dreams
and fantasies. Therefore, it is
impossible to engage in conversation or
discourse with him; he can neither offer
nor take any guidance or advice. In

We are witnesses to the fact that the majority of
emotional people just sit by as if their hands
were tied; they are satisfied with merely crying
and complaining, but take no action to relieve
themselves or other of the situation. These
people feel pity for themselves so intensely that
they will produce a problem out of nothing in
order to have something to whine about.