Guidance for Perceiving Minds — Page 77
77 wealth and affluence. It recounts the stories of victorious warriors and those who are defeated, those who dominate and those who fail. If there were no newspapers, reports would be cut off, coun- tries would remain ignorant, and no one would know about the righteous and the good. The chain of ideas and the completion of insights would be severed, leading to the loss of many opinions and experiences from people of reason and wisdom. There would be no way to understand the people involved in politics or to rec- ognise those who are reasonable and diligent. Without history, people would regress to a primitive state, losing the sequence of days and years. Its necessity has been recog- nised since swords were drawn from their sheaths and pens were sharpened to record it. We cannot compare the firsts and the lasts except through the work of historians; they carry the traces of the builders of glory and disseminate the memories of our most eminent forebears. History is indeed an adornment of religion, reflecting the practice of Allah in His Books and the clear Furq a n. A religion that does not embrace history and does not dwell in its fortress, is akin to a house built in a flood-prone area, vulnera- ble to losing its possessions and reduced to mere dust under horse hooves. Whoever forsakes the staff of history walks as if lame, stumbling with each step, inviting plunder due to profound igno- rance. Those who dwell within, risk squandering the pearls they amassed in their affluence. Perhaps Satan make them forget what the pillars of faith are, leaving their house bereft of treasures. Thus, the fate of such a religion may be stagnation, tainted by various corruptions. A religion supported by history, newspapers, and records