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Leaders of the Evil's Alliance

command but Pharaoh's command was not rightly
guided. (Surah Hud: 96-97)
We made them leaders, summoning to the Fire, and on
the Day of Rising they will not be helped. We pursued
them with a curse in this world and on the Day of
Rising they will be hideous and spurned. (Surat al-
Qasas: 41-42)

Those causing unrest and corruption in society are some
of the people who hold power and wealth. This is expressed
in a verse as follows:
When We desire to destroy a city, We send a command
to the affluent in it and they become deviant in it and
the Word is justly carried out against it and We
annihilate it completely. (Surat al-Isra': 16)
And Thus have We placed leaders in every town, its
wicked men, to plot in it. They plot against themselves
alone, but they are not aware of it. (Surat al-An'am: 123)

When we talk about the leaders of a society, the first thing
that occurs to our mind is the wealth they hold, and the
power they wield through such wealth. These people, who
maintain under their control some of the most important
institutions that constitute the social structure of societies,
can thus indoctrinate masses without difficulty and impose
on them their life style and outlook which is far removed
from Qur'anic values. Another method they use is to
intimidate the good by way of their power. This trait in
leaders is stated in the following verse:
No one had belief in Moses except for a few of his
people out of fear that Pharaoh, and the elders, would
persecute them. Pharaoh was high and mighty in the