This writing of Ibn Khaldun, written seven hundred years ago, seems to be a vision of the future:
"The vanquished nation is always fond of imitating the conqueror, the conqueror's uniform and medals on the uniform, gold buttons and buttons bearing signs of power, insignia of honor, his manner of sitting and dismissing, all his circumstances, ritual And customs, connect its past with its history, even that of an invading conquerorfollow, and this is because people blindly believe in the mastery of the mighty whom they defeat.
The subjugated society abandons moral values, the longer the period of darkness, the mentally and physically the human being of the subjugated society becomes worse than the animals, there comes a time when the subjugated is only a morsel of bread and sexual instinct. Lives for.
When states fail and nations decline, among them are astrologers, beggars, hypocrites, pretenders, gluttons, readers of palm kernels, jurists who sell fatwas for dirhams and dinars, false narrators, arrogant singers with obnoxious voices, Blowing poets, hooligans, drummers, self-styled truth-tellers, fortune-tellersThere are a lot of gossipers, sycophants, sneers, opportunistic politicians and gossip-mongering travelers.
Every day the mask of a false form is revealed but no one believes it, in which the one who does not have the attribute is considered to be an expert in this art, the skilled people lose their value, the management becomes poor, by talk. The element of meaning disappears, honesty is conflated with lies, and jihad with terrorismIs.
When states are ruined, terror spreads everywhere and people seek refuge in groups, wonders appear and rumours, fruitless debates linger, friends turn to enemies and enemies to friends, the voice of falsehood is loud. happens and the voice of truth is suppressed, suspicious faces are more visible and friendlyFaces disappear from the surface, inspiring dreams become rare and hopes die, the alienation of the wise increases, people lose their personal identity and the community, group or sect becomes their identity.
The voice of intellectuals is lost in the noise of preachers.
Markets riot and alliance bids are made, fundamentals of nationalism, patriotism, faith and religion are eroded and members of the same family accuse blood relatives of treason.
Eventually the situation reaches such a point that people have only one plan of salvation and that is "emigration", everyone talks about escaping from these situations, the number of immigrants starts to increase, The homeland turns into an inn, the people's entire equipment is reduced to travel bags, the pastures are deserted. It starts to happen, the homeland turns into memories, and memories turn into stories.”
Ibn Khaldun may God have mercy on you! Were you spying on our future? Seven centuries ago you were able to see what we are unable to see today
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