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The most interesting thing is that I started my essay with my own poem I wish I could mention my name


The Suffering soul in the scientific age


Introduction

In pieces my soul has torn,
But I have no time to mourn,

Time is passing and passing on,
Life's vehicle is buzzing its horn,

Polluted soul and body deserve not,
To face the one who lives in heart,

Hatred,malice,envy and lies,
on my soul like buboes rise,

Would that I were a baby on my death,
With a pure heart and sacred breath!


by Farrah Zafar


  • Materialism is the death of spirituality
  • Man's material progress versus moral decline

"Man has looked into the volcanoes,dived into the ocean,perforated the earth,winged its flight in the skies.This material progress has led him to ditch of moral deprivation.etc

  • What is soul and its importance
  • soul is immortal,body is mortal
  • Truth beautifies soul
,
Keats says,"Beauty is truth,truth beauty,that is all ye know on earth and all ye need to know

  • description of soul In literary works

Faustus cries out for his soul,fears eternal damnation

John Proctor in "The Crucible" says, I have given you my name,leave me my soul.


Effects of soul's suffering

On individual level
  • Frustration,depression,despondency
  • examples of two men belonging to this scientific age

One who seduced female dead bodies

One who raped small children


On Family Level
  • weak bond of affection
  • example of western countries

old homes,Orphanages (having children who don't know the names of their fathers)

  • Youngsters have no sense of direction,they are confused because of weak
family institutions

On National and International level
  • souls have become impure
  • no sympathy for mankind

example ,nuclear bombing on Nagasaki

  • Material progress has made man hollow inwardly.

Seamus Heaney has depicted well the hollowness of modern man in his poem,"The Hollow Men"

Poem by Prabhakar bargurde

Comrade

Don't be in hurry for revolution

you are still very small.

Your ability to resist

atrocities,boycotts and rapes,

that go on every moment

has become nil,

Comrade !

Tomorrow's dawn is yet to rise,

sleep undisturbed until then...


Reasons


1)Materialim

  • it has deprived man of joy,love,affection and harmony.

  • he runs after material progress,therefore neglects his soul


2)Lust for power
  • man wants to attain power by hook or crook,he ignores his soul

"Power corrupts man and absolute power corrupts absoulutely"

example of character of Kurtz by Joseph Conrad.

He cries out,fearing damnation of his soul,

"The horror ! The horror"


3)astrayed from religion
  • all religions support love and kindness for humanity.People of this scientific
age are astrayed from the way of religion,that is why,their souls are suffering.
  • The sufi poets emphasized on purgation of soul but their messages have been
ignored.

  • A sufi poet said,

"Kadi Mann apnay wich tu warrya he nae"

You never introspected your heart.

  • Generally all prophets and specifically Holy prophet (PBUH) laid emphasis on
love for mankind.

"If one kills a man with no reason,one kills the whole humanity"


Solution

  • Method of Introspection should be adopted to purify soul
  • Spirituality should be focused rather materialism
  • Love and peace should be spread.
  • Teachings of religions generally and Islam specifically should be followed
  • The only food for soul is self control and prayers


ہے دل کے لیے موت مشینوں کی حکومت
احساس مروت کو کچل دیتے ہیں آلات


(The reign of machines is the death of heart.The instruments crush the feelings of courtesy and kindness.)


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