In the novel, Mahfouz demonstrated how the time of revolution could turn people’s religious belief into chaos through the characters’ loss of consciousness in their sense of justice. Mahfouz, who was a very religious person, referred to justice as being righteous and strictly following one’s distinct religion. Therefore, he represented injustice as the acts of betrayal, revenge, theft, and etc. During the novel, Mahfouz demonstrated Said’s, the protagonist, involvements in injustice actions. Said took revenges against his wife, trusted henchman, and mentor because of their injustice actions not being aware of his loss of his religious belief. Even though the time was in the confusing revolution, Islamic religion could not force his action to stop. Thus, it can be said that the religion did not occupy the great deal of role in his mind at this time. As well as Said, his wife, henchman, and mentor placed values on their benefits rather than the religious belief. As the result, their loss of consciousness triggered them to fail in their life. On the other hand, Sheikh and Nur were the most influential and faithful characters in the novel. Sheikh did not give a lot of wards to Said, but his warm attitude and religious thoughts affected Said’s mind with lack of religious justice. As well as Sheikh, Nur, the mistress, kept her religious belief as primary part of her life, and therefore, she achieved righteous as justice. Moreover, she succeeded in making Said realize he lost his way and his injustice actions.  In the novel, Mahfouz made a statement that people with religious belief do not lose their justice or consciousness even at the time of revolution; however, if they pursued their own favors, they cannot keep their mind.

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