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THE ALLIANCE OF THE GOOD

torment of the evil. God reveals this fact in His verses:

People who love to see filth being spread about
concerning those who believe will have a painful
punishment both in the world and the hereafter. God
knows and you do not know. (Surat an-Nur: 19)
They would not restrain one another from any of the
wrong things that they did. How evil were the things
they used to do! You see many of them taking those who
disbelieve as their friends. What their lower selves have
advanced for them is evil indeed, bringing God's anger
down upon them. They will suffer punishment
timelessly, for ever. (Surat al-Ma'ida: 79-80)

They Try to Make People Believe They are
Right

As stressed throughout this book, today, the evil
represent the majority in society, as it had also been in the
past. Their narrow outlook makes them see this as a factor
that makes them superior over the good. Being the majority
misleads them into thinking they are more powerful. They
assume that the attracting of many adherents proves their
correctness. A person that had been misled in this manner
was the Pharaoh. This false assumption of his is related in the

following verses:
Pharaoh sent marshals into the cities: 'These people are
a small group and we find them irritating and we
constitute a vigilant majority.' We expelled them from
gardens and springs, from treasures and a splendid
situation. (Surat ash-Shu'ara': 53-58)