Page 27 - Passivity in Religion

What the Passive Aim to Do Among the Muslims

They Exercise an Evil Influence
on Those of Poor Faith

Another effect caused by those who have chosen indolence in
living by the Qur'an's morality, is to take those of poor faith under
their influence, and draw them to their side. But, these people, who
are guided by Satan, can only negatively influence those who adopt
a similar depraved morality. They can have no influence whatso-
ever on true Muslims. This is a fact Allah proclaims in the Qur'an,
that He protects sincere believers from the deceptive suggestions of
Satan and those who follow him:
He said, "My Lord, because You misled me, I will make
things on the Earth seem good to them and I will mislead
them all, every one of them, except Your slaves among them
who are sincere." (Surat al-Hijr, 39-40)
Though, those who are hypocritical, those with sickness in
their hearts, or of poor faith, may be influenced by such methods
of indoctrination. The passive give forth certain signs: Their fail-
ure to complete their tasks in time, their lack of zeal and enthusi-
asm in engaging in the intellectual struggle, their failure to
remember Allah, their avoidance of self-sacrifice and effort, their
laziness, preference for easy tasks, their shallow perspective, their
dull and soulless appearance, their lacking the zeal and joy that
derives from piety, and their unkemptness, are among these signs.
Through this deviance, they aim to mislead others into idleness,
indoctrinate them into the same thinking, thereby demoralizing as
many as possible. The passive, recognizing the weak-willed from
their comportment and their manner of speaking, concentrate
their efforts first on these people. They select those they think
share the same attitudes, convey to them covert messages, which
they falsely believe will go unrecognized, and communicate with
them through a deceptive language.

25