When Standards Collapse… Man Collapses with Them
The young Indian man stood before a massive billboard that read: “Do whatever you want… as long as you succeed.” A dazzling sentence. Attractive. But dangerous. Deep inside, he knew that success without principle does not resemble real success — it resembles profit gained at the cost of one’s own soul.
Here emerges one of the strongest questions of our time: How does a person recognize what is right when standards change every day?
🔹 A Fast World… But Without a Compass In modern cities, values change faster than technology: What was once shameful becomes “freedom.” What was once good becomes “a personal choice.” What was once fixed becomes merely an opinion open to debate. This is not freedom.
It is psychological chaos that leaves a person in constant confusion, because the mind cannot decide without a standard. Man does not need many paths… He needs a clear one.
🔹 Why Does Man Seek a Fixed Standard? Modern psychology clearly indicates that the absence of stable values causes anxiety, weakens one’s sense of life direction, and is linked to depression — especially among young people. This is entirely logical. A person without standards lives like someone walking through a city without signposts.
“🔹 Why Does This Matter? Because the truth is that the seeker of religion does not begin with rituals. He begins with values. He sincerely asks: What is the good I can trust? What is the evil I must avoid? How do I live without wronging myself or others? The Islamic vision offers a clear answer: Good is what draws you closer to justice and mercy.