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is aware of what you
                                                          do. (Surat al-Fath: 11)

                                                        As for those who have
                                                        set up a mosque, caus -
                                                        ing harm and out of
                                                        un be lief, to cre ate di vi -
                                                        sion be tween the be -
                                                        liev ers and in read i -
                                                       ness for those who pre -
                                                      vi ous ly made war on
                                                  Allah and His Messenger,
                                           they will swear: "We on ly de sired
                                          the best." But Allah bears wit ness
                                         that they are tru ly liars. Do not ev er
                                       stand in it. A mosque found ed on fear of
                                    [and re spect for] Allah from the first day has
                               a great er right for you to stand in it. In it there are
                     peo ple who love to pu ri fy them selves. Allah loves those
                     who pu ri fy them selves. (Surat al-Tawba: 107-08)
                     Allah says in the Qur'an that He re vealed knowl edge of
                 the Unseen to our Prophet (saas), such as the hyp o crites' lies,
                 traps, and hid den true in ten tions. The hyp o crites pre sent ed
                 them selves in the best pos si ble light, but, by Allah's will, our
                 Prophet (saas) could recog nize their re al char ac ter from their
                 fa ces. This was in deed a great mir a cle. No one who sees a per -

                 son per form ing many acts of wor ship, act ing and speak ing like
                 a Muslim, call ing him self as a Muslim, and even go ing to war
                  along side our Prophet (saas) could ev er re al ize that such a





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