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THE SILENT LANGUAGE OF EVIL

guage of satan is their satisfaction with themselves. Like satan, they
think that they have attained a level of superiority that no one else
has, that no one will even reach the level they have attained. They
believe that they are most intelligent and know things that no one
else does. Under the influence of this perverse idea, they always
give advice to other people and show them the right way. This
shows that their awareness is hazy and—as is the case with satan—
these people want to make themselves seem important by belittling
others.
In several places in the Qur'an, Allah tells us that these individ-
uals, because of their idea of their own importance, say that they do
not like people with a sincere faith:

In this way We try some of them by means of others so that
they say, "Are these the people among us to whom Allah
has shown His favor?" ... (Surat al-An'am: 53)
When they are told, 'Believe in the way that the people be-
lieve,' they say, "What! Are we to believe in the way that
fools believe?" No indeed! They are the fools, but they do
not know it. (Surat al-Baqara: 13)

We see from these verses that others have a better moral charac-
ter than they do. But their constantly growing sense of their own im-
portance prevents them from appreciating this superiority. Satan
has taught them both his secret language and to look at others with
the intent of finding their faults. For this reason, they can't accept
that others are superior to them in intelligence or awareness. They
express this jealousy, either in secret or openly. They take every op-
portunity to find faults in others and exalt themselves, and do not
hesitate to use satanic logic or assume a personality in conflict with
the moral teachings of the Qur'an.

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