A nation suffering from the mental maladies mentioned in the above verse cannot hope to recover its power of original thinking without changing its inner self. And without the power of original thinking, a nation that is down and being pushed around, as we are, cannot acquire power over its own world let alone acquiring power over the forces of the outer world. This article by Mansoor Alam titled, Reviving Muslim Intellectual Position in the World (P 1), is a must-read one.