This is in response to the letter titled 'Repercussions of sins' on 15th of March in which the writer has rightly pointed out that the problems we are facing are due to our distancing ourselves from religion. The state of the Muslim world today is in stark contrast to the glory we commanded a millennium ago. This is because we are ignorant of the truth of Quran that we recite often with out being able to understand it. We are merely satisfied by reading it over and over again but have no clue about its teachings and blessings that are required to be incorporated into our lives. -HAMNA HANIF, Karachi, via e-mail, March 23.