OPINIONS

Wed 18 Jun 2025 9:31 am - Jerusalem Time

Crazy world..!

Dr. Afnan Nazir Druze

Dr. Afnan Nazir Druze

Opinion Writer

We live in a crazy world, a world in which man no longer distinguishes between right and wrong, between right and wrong, between what is forbidden and what is permissible. A world in which the strong justifies for themselves what they forbid for their weaker brother. Man is a selfish, greedy, mad man who wants everything for himself without leaving anything for his fellow man to eat or live for. A world in which man is hard-hearted, devoid of conscience, limited in mind, short-sighted, sadistic, skilled at committing evil and delighting in the pain of others. A world in which man no longer appreciates life or values it except when he is deprived of it or loses it. Otherwise, how do we explain the killing and terrorizing of innocents and civilians that is happening today? How do we explain the prolongation of wars and the delay in finding solutions as if the combatants are living in a movie and not in the fires of hell? How do we explain the counter-propaganda that fabricates news by all vile means to achieve personal hellish goals, turning truth into falsehood and falsehood into truth, good into evil and evil into good, the enemy into a friend and a friend into an enemy, the truth into a mirage and a mirage into truth? Rather, how do we justify the majority’s adoption of a method of evasion, lying, hypocrisy and misleading, as if it has become the staple food of the age, which is eaten by the young and the old, the educated and the ignorant, the believer and the unbeliever, the rich and the poor?

Yes, we live in a crazy world, a world where man can see no further than the tip of his nose. A world torn apart by material interests at the expense of principles, morals and divine laws. A world torn apart by personal desires at the expense of health, well-being and psychological comfort. He thinks only of pranks, lives only on problems, sleeps only on disasters, and wakes up only to wars as if they are a normal part of his daily routine. What's more, he finds pleasure in spreading corruption wherever he goes, sowing discord and inciting obscenities in every place and country, even in temples, churches and mosques. A crazy person lives in a crazy world whose hobby is stirring up strife and dividing sects and religions. He turns a people into a hundred peoples, and a religion into a thousand sects and parties, so that they kill and fight each other, sometimes in the name of religion and sometimes in the name of superiority, advancement, racism and civilization. A human being who has no compassion in his heart and no mercy, as if he lives in a jungle where animals lie in wait for their fellow human beings to pounce on them, devour them, and eat their flesh as if they were nothing. A contradictory human being who claims human rights while violating human rights, pretends to protect children, the elderly, the sick, and women while he assaults them and provides them no protection. Rather, you see him persisting in denying their rights and harming them, forgetting that he is of their kind, shares with them the human race and biological characteristics of hunger, thirst, fatigue, and exhaustion, and the joy, sadness, fear, anger, love, hate, hopes, and aspirations that afflict the soul and spirit. The human being of this mad world has forgotten that no matter how much he builds and rises, steals and plunders, kills and sheds, amasses wealth, and usurps, he should not take more than he needs in this mortal world, and that his life will remain short on this earth and his life will end tomorrow or the day after, no matter how long his life and time are. The reckless man of this world has forgotten that with his greed he is destroying his own efforts and demolishing everything he has built and constructed throughout his life. With his fanaticism he is destroying his own civilization with his own hands and burning the world around him so that not a stone, udder, tree, plant or animal remains! The question that arises is, why all this competition? Is it to satisfy his vanity and aggressive tendencies and achieve his immediate materialistic, sensual goals that will not last long and will quickly disappear, sooner or later?

If the people of this crazy age knew that when God created the universe, He created it in a way that provides space for all of His creatures, no matter how many they are, he would not have been driven by his instincts, lost his mind, waged wars, killed and destroyed. If he knew that God Almighty is the Provider who provides for all people, no matter how many they are, he would not have competed over food, waged wars, and killed children, women, the elderly, and the youth. If he believed that God is the Truth and does not remain silent in the face of injustice and oppression, he would not have transgressed the rights of others, oppressed, plundered, stolen, killed, displaced, and violated with his satanic deeds all the traditions of the prophets and divine religions, the simplest of which is “Whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption in the land - it is as if he had slain mankind entirely,” while forbidding him to steal, lie, commit adultery, etc., from the teachings that were sent only to elevate man and to give him preference and honor over all other creatures.

However, we must not despair, and we will continue to implore God that the human being of this age may awaken from his heedlessness, return to his senses, rid himself of his madness, and seek forgiveness for all the neglect he has committed against himself and others. A time may come when man will rise to the point where he will be disgusted when he reads about the history of his ancestors and what they did to each other in the ancient ages, which is our present age. He may also find it strange how they shed the blood of their fellow human beings like animals. Or at the very least, he may laugh at their greed and their preference for war over enjoying life and living in comfort and peace.

Who knows, an age may come when he reaches such sophistication and advancement that he becomes like an angel who denounces the actions of our present-day humanity and its blood-soaked history. Otherwise, are the wars we are witnessing today a harbinger of the end of time, which are based only on the evils of people? We hope that this fateful day never comes and the world ceases to exist, God forbid.

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