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PASSIVITY IN RELIGION

their lives with believers, those who are the subject of this book se-
cretly maintain warm relations with unbelievers, failing to grasp
that nothing is hidden from Allah. They never come to understand
that Allah knows every detail of their secret plans, even their inner-
most thoughts. While they conduct their secret discussion with
their co-conspirators, Allah witnesses every moment, and the an-
gels record everything they do:
They try to conceal themselves from people, but they cannot
conceal themselves from Allah. He is with them when they
spend the night saying things which are not pleasing to Him.
Allah encompasses everything they do. (Surat an-Nisa', 108)
Or do they imagine that We do not hear their secrets and their
private talk? On the contrary Our messengers are right there
with them writing it down! (Surat az-Zukhruf, 80)
We need to remember that the love and curiosity they show for
the unbelievers, rather than for the believers, will likely cause them
great regret in the Hereafter. These are the false bonds that lead one
to stray from the straight path, leaving him ultimately in the lurch.
Those who stubbornly refuse recognizing this fact will confess their
regret on the Day of Judgment, but there will then be no opportunity
for them to return and make up for their misdeeds.
The Day when a wrongdoer will bite his hands and say, "Alas
for me! If only I had gone the way of the messenger! Alas for
me! If only I had not taken so-and-so for a friend! He led me
astray from the Reminder after it came to me." Satan always
leaves man in the lurch. (Surat al-Furqan, 27-29)

They Strive to Divert the Believers
by Stirring Up Phony Crises
Apart from preventing Muslims from taking necessary measures
against potential threats, those who advocate passivity stir up sham

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