The Truth
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم،
Allāh made this universe, and He, ʿazza wa jall, made our brains.
Our brains are programmable, meaning, what you feed them, what you repeat, what you train them to seek…becomes how they function.
So it follows that the best programming for the human mind is what Allāh commanded.
Because the One who made the mind is the One who gave the instructions.
The more a person aligns themselves with that guidance, the more correctly the mind operates: Clearer priorities, less confusion, less chasing illusions.
The mind starts functioning the way it was meant to!
Intelligence is not about appearing smart, or sounding modern, or saying smart things things, because that's just theater.
Being smart serves no better purpose than seeking the truth, and seeking the truth is what actually makes you smarter.
Why?
Because truth disciplines the mind.
It forces honesty, humility; it forces you to drop nonsense even when your ego likes it!
Falsehood does the opposite: it trains the brain to defend nonsense, justify contradictions, and that makes the cables tangled and messy.
It's that simple.
The more a person sincerely seeks the truth, the more their mind sharpens.
Not everyone becomes a genius, but everyone moves closer to the best version of the intellect Allāh gave them.
Truth improves the mind!
An improved mind recognizes truth more easily.
Rinse, and repeat.
"But...akhi...life is not that simple..."
I know I know...that's another story, called:
The heart.