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THE SILENT LANGUAGE OF EVIL

Allah and the Last Day,” when they are not believers. They
think they deceive Allah and those who believe. They de-
ceive no one but themselves but they are not aware of it.
There is a sickness in their hearts and Allah has increased
their sickness. They will have a painful punishment on ac-
count of their denial. (Surat al-Baqara: 8-10)
However, due to having no fear of Allah as they ought to, they
try to forget this agony, of which they are reminded, instead of

thinking about it. For this reason, they sometimes pass their time by
diverting themselves with tiring work, sometimes by getting in-
volved in intense mental activities and sometimes just by sleeping
off their exhaustion.
By this stage, satan's task is largely finished. There is no further
use in wasting his time with a person who has entirely sided with
satan.Now, to inspire sorrow in him, it will be enough to renew
these thoughts from time to time, remind him of the dire nature of
his situation, the intractability of his problems and his helplessness.
After this stage, an individual will have undertaken satan's work in
its every detail. He will now repeat to himself and remind others of
the ideas that satan had him memorize. These things are no longer
an empty apprehension for him; they will find their place as definite
and real judgments that he believes in.
Those who persist in living without faith under satan's influ-
ence are like living corpses. They take no pleasure from life, their
blessings, from other people or anything else. Their spirit is blinded,
their mind clouded and from carrying this weight, they are physi-
cally and mentally drained. Satan has covered their minds, bodies
and consciences with a shell and exercises total control over them.
They have now become his agents, communicating his message in
the cheerless satanic spiritual state that pervades their minds and
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