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PASSIVITY IN RELIGION

put an end to their pretense and openly display their resentment.
These people, who are passive in practicing the religion,
sometimes use their ability to deflect attention from themselves.
For example, when Muslims recognize their insincerity, these
people draw attention away from themselves by assuming a char-
acter accordingly. Sometimes, when required, they will pretend to
be naïve and innocent, with no understanding of the importance
of a situation; at other times, they show their violent, belligerent,
contrarian and aggressive side. Through this behavior they think
to deceive Muslims. However, anyone who thinks he is deceiving
Allah or Muslims is only deceiving himself:
The hypocrites think they deceive Allah, but He is deceiv-
ing them. When they get up to pray, they get up lazily,
showing off to people, and only remembering Allah a very
little. (Surat an-Nisa', 142)

Their Faces Have No Glow

Although they present themselves as Muslims, they are full of
resentment against them and against religion; and, their faces do
not have the bright glow of those of Muslims. Allah says about
the Muslims in the Qur'an, "... You see them bowing, prostrating,
seeking Allah's good favor and His pleasure. Their mark is on
their faces…" (Surah Fath, 29) and that you can tell they are
Muslims by their faces. In another verse, it says that Muslims in
Paradise will have an expression of brightness and light in their
faces:
You will recognize in their faces the radiance of delight.
(Surat al-Mutaffifin, 24)
Others, on the contrary, will have a strange, dark expression,
without a hint of sincerity, trustworthiness or light, because what

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