We meet with the famous doctor and news reporter Dr. Mahdi Ismael.
Dr. Mahdi,in your opinion, what is the most powerful enemy of man in the game of life? Some say they are death, money or disease. Others say they are failure in marital relationships, disloyalty of relatives and friends and death. A third group believe that they are disease, poverty and death. A fourth group say they are ignorance, death and agony of the grave and fire of hell. Many agree that the most powerful enemy is death. My question to you is: "What is the most powerful foe facing man in the game of life?"
In fact, I agree with you that the most powerful enemies are ignorance, death and the agony of the grave/fire of hell. The final enemy and the most powerful of all is the abominable Satan, which is the most cruel and brutal enemy.

Would you please arrange them according to power by putting the most powerful first, then the less powerful and so on. In my opinion, this is the right sequence for them since the most powerful enemy of mankind is ignorance.
Is ignorance stronger than death and the agony of grave/fire of hell? Is it possible?
If you look at all the enemies mentioned by all the people interviewed, you will find that ignorance is the common ground of all those enemies. For example, many of the diseases that attack man are caused by ignorance. Many patients do not get healed since they are unaware of the fact that they are sick and how to get healed. All the incurable diseases are a clear evidence of the ignorance of man in overcoming those diseases. How many people who, by their knowledge, managed to identify the disease and find a cure and how many people, through their ignorance, bowed down to curable and easy diseases.

Dr. Mahdi, I think that ignorance has nothing to do with death, agony of grave or fire. It has nothing to do with dealing with the Abominable Devil. All are on equal footing before death, agony of grave and fire of hell and also struggle against the Abominable Devil.
All are equal in being in the game of life vulnerable to the attack of those enemies. Yet people differ among themselves regarding victory or defeat. They differ in facing death and after death agony. People are not the same in victory over the hissing of the Sneaking Whisperer.

Are you telling me that there is anyone who managed to defeat death and agony of the grave, fire and Abominable Devil? Does this person exist here on the face of earth? Can we meet him and make an interview with him?
Of course, there are many of them. We can easily meet them in our work, neighborhood, or among friends.

How did these people manage to overcome death, agony of the grave and the hissing of the Sneaking Whisperer?
They overcome the Evil one by brushing aside ignorance and by learning wisdom. They have gained discretion in the knowledge of the God of all truth. They have come to know their enemies and how to deal with them successfully. The ignorance of man leads to play with or against money, which will eventually lead to the victory and dominion of money over man as we have heard. The ignorance of man results in failure in marital relationships and collapse of home. Ignorance brings about weakness and inability to face detachment and loneliness. Ignorance of the Word of God, His name be exalted, makes man leads a life of poverty and downfall.

Dr. Mahdi, if ignorance is so dangerous; would you give us a definition of 'ignorance' and who is the 'ignorant'?
Ignorance is the state of being unaware of something, which is useful or harmful for the player in the fierce game of life we are speaking about. All the teams that are participating in the World Cup or in the other championships should spend a considerable time watching videotapes of other games played by the opponent teams. Why? In order to know their technique and points of power and weakness, they have to know how the offense players score goals and who are the key players in addition to the plan and tactics of the team. The same applies to us in the game of life; we have to know our opponents in order to overcome.

You did not give me a definition of the 'ignorant' or 'fool'. Does the word 'fool' mean 'illiterate'?
The illiterate are those who cannot read or write but the word 'illiterate' cannot be used to mean 'ignorant.' There are different definitions of the term 'fool.' It has been said that the ignorant is the uncultured even if he/she knows how to read and write. Some say that the ignorant is the one who does not know the computer terminology. Yet, the best definition of the term 'fool' came in the Book of Psalms: The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." This is the type of foolishness that we can call the source or center of ignorance.

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