When the World Is Too Loud

Amid the uproar of social media, this essay reflects on the choice to guard both speech and writing—to build value in quiet, on the foundations of faith and responsibility.

In today’s blare of social media, I often feel like a stranger.
Not because I’m unable to adapt, but because I recognize how deafening the digital world has become. Too many voices, too many displays, too many forced performances of existence.

I’m not naïve—I know there is content that is good, educational, even moving. But the majority? A stage for showmanship. A contest of illusions. Comparison upon comparison. And slowly, we begin to forget who we really are.

I choose not to be too involved.
Not because I can’t, but because I know where my heart could be dragged.
Social media today is no longer just a place to share; it has become an arena of competition:
who is the most successful, the most handsome, the wealthiest.
Without noticing, we watch with envy, scroll in heedlessness, and live while losing our direction.

“Not a word does one utter but that with him is an observer, prepared [to record].”
— Qur’an, Qaf 50:18

This verse makes me reconsider. What I write, what I comment, and what I display—all will be recorded. Nothing is overlooked.
I’ve begun to realize how the digital world has trapped many in a trajectory of hollow existence.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“A person may speak a word pleasing to Allah without realizing its significance, and Allah raises him in rank because of it. And a person may speak a word displeasing to Allah without realizing its significance, and because of it he falls into the Fire as far as the distance between the east and the west.”
— Reported by al-Bukhari and Muslim

I don’t want my time consumed with proving achievements.
I want it spent on building values.

This does not mean I am anti-technology. No.
I still build brands, develop systems, and use digital tools strategically.
But I do not want to lose my identity in the noise of algorithms.

“Indeed, those who say, ‘Our Lord is Allah’ and then remain steadfast—the angels descend upon them: ‘Do not fear and do not grieve, but receive glad tidings of Paradise which you were promised.’”
— Qur’an, Fussilat 41:30

I believe that while others are busy appearing,
I can choose to build in silence.
And when the world is shaken by fleeting trends,
I want to remain calm on a path of lasting worth.