'Friday-mind-stimulator'

'Your society will pass through a period

= when high positions will be given only to those who defame others, = when vicious people will be regarded witty and
= the just will be regarded weak,
= when charity will be considered as a loss to wealth and property,
= when support and help to each other will be considered as favour and benevolence and
= when prayers and worship to Allah will be taken up for the sake of show to gain popularity and higher status, 
= at such times regimes will be run under the advice of women and the youngsters will be the rulers and counsellors of the State.'

Imam Ali, Nahjul Balagha, Saying 102

'I swear by the time,

(is it nearly time?)
Most surely man is in loss,

(aforementioned = loss?)
Except those who believe and do good, and enjoin on each other truth, and enjoin on each other patience.'
(Am I faling prey?)

[Quran 103: 1-3]