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THE SILENT LANGUAGE OF EVIL

impression. By expressing any love or respect, they would create a
friendly atmosphere, and would lack the raw material for creating a
situation of emotionality and so, would lose their ability to cry.
v They are careful to make their tone of voice sad, as soft as
possible, monotonous. From time to time, they raise their voice to
suggest that something unwelcome has taken place, without saying
so specifically. They intend this tone of voice to lay the groundwork
for a bout of crying.

They have a hidden sadness and an introverted
personality
No one wants to hurt himself or find himself in situations that
leave him sad and pessimistic. But satan approaches to persons of
weak character when their lower selves feel helpless. He infects
them with one of the sickest aspects of the human ego—the psychol-
ogy of being unjustly treated. He instills this logic and draws people
into a tense, emotional state of mind with groundless but persuasive
examples from the past—all the product of satanic interpretation
and constant negative thinking. Satan covers these people like the
bark of a tree, and soon they fall under the influence of his every
whisper. They believe they can protect their rights with the ideas
that satan instills in them. They find all his ideas logical. The Qur'an

tells us about the methods satan uses to influence people with weak
characters:
We have assigned close comrades to them who have made
what is before them and behind them seem good to them...
(Surah Fussilat: 25)
Having arrived at this stage, a person feels no hesitation in cry-
ing or letting himself become introverted. He begins to enjoy giving

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