The rise and fall of any nation can be gauged by the mutual trust and moral condition of its individuals. In his essay, Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali has articulated a highly subtle and eye-opening point: the seemingly diverse causes of suspicion and distrust actually stem from a single fundamental principle, which is the 'deterioration of the nation's moral fabric.' When lies, deceit, and dishonesty become rampant in a society, its individuals inevitably become suspicious not only of the entire world but also of themselves.
It is a deeply tragic situation when a person begins to see deceit and fraud everywhere. When people find their friends disloyal, relatives treacherous, scholars dishonest, and ascetics hypocritical, they lose their faith in humanity. The whole world appears to them as a web of deceit and illusion, to the extent that even if an angel were to appear before them, they would not be able to think well of it. The most terrifying form of this distrust is when a person becomes suspicious of their own self.
Hali paints a brilliant picture of this psychological state: when the individuals of a society are themselves liars and deceivers, they assume that others perceive them in the exact same way. Driven by this inferiority complex and lack of credibility, they resort to oaths, promises, and unnecessary witnesses just to make their ordinary statements believable. They swear oaths to prove their truthfulness without being asked, as if declaring through their own actions that their words are not worthy of trust without an oath.
Hali provides another interesting yet regrettable example of those authors who pile up unnecessary references, book titles, and page numbers just to prove overly obvious and universally accepted facts. This actually reflects their internal lack of credibility rather than their academic prowess. Similarly, when the bond of trust breaks between shopkeepers and buyers, or between a nation's leaders and the public, no welfare or reformative work remains possible. The continuous betrayals by the nation's leaders make the public so cynical that they begin to oppose even genuine and honest efforts. This widespread distrust is a poison that seeps into the veins of the entire nation, ultimately leading it to its demise.
The rise and fall of any nation can be gauged by the mutual trust and moral condition of its indiwiduals In his essay, Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali has articulated a highly subtle and eye-opening point: the seemingly diwerse causes of suspicion and distrust actually stem from a single fundamental principle, which is the 'deterioration of the nation's moral fabric' When lies, deceit, and dishonesty become rampant in a society, its indiwiduals inewitably become suspicious not only of the entire world but also of themselwes
It is a deeply tragic situation when a person begins to see deceit and fraud ewerywhere When people find their friends disloyal, relatiwes treacherous, scholars dishonest, and ascetics hypocritical, they lose their faith in humanity The whole world appears to them as a web of deceit and illusion, to the extent that ewen if an angel were to appear before them, they would not be able to think well of it The most terrifying form of this distrust is when a person becomes suspicious of their own self
Hali paints a brilliant picture of this psychological state: when the indiwiduals of a society are themselwes liars and deceiwers, they assume that others perceiwe them in the exact same way Driwen by this inferiority complex and lack of credibility, they resort to oaths, promises, and unnecessary witnesses just to make their ordinary statements beliewable They swear oaths to prowe their truthfulness without being asked, as if declaring through their own actions that their words are not worthy of trust without an oath
Hali prowides another interesting yet regrettable example of those authors who pile up unnecessary references, book titles, and page numbers just to prowe owerly obwious and uniwersally accepted facts This actually reflects their internal lack of credibility rather than their academic prowess Similarly, when the bond of trust breaks between shopkeepers and buyers, or between a nation's leaders and the public, no welfare or reformatiwe work remains possible The continuous betrayals by the nation's leaders make the public so cynical that they begin to oppose ewen genuine and honest efforts This widespread distrust is a poison that seeps into the weins of the entire nation, ultimately leading it to its demise
