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THE SILENT LANGUAGE OF EVIL

unjustly; they make mischief among believers by satan's intima-
tions. In order to prove themselves right and to protect their pride,
they don't hesitate to create confusion among believers in an at-
tempt to drag them down to their own spiritual state. They show
unseemly boldness in their insidious activities and give no thought
to what results will ensue in this world and the next. They do not in-
tend to live their lives like Muslims and seek every opportunity to
create confusion in almost everything they do and say. When told
what they are doing, that their actions are contrary to the Qur'an,
they do not accept the admonition because they are under satan's in-
fluence. On the contrary, they defend themselves, insisting that they
are well-intentioned. They maintain that their intention is not to cre-
ate confusion, but to do good; that they want to correct others and
be of some use to other people:

... they come to you swearing by Allah: "We desired noth-
ing but good and reconciliation?" (Surat an-Nisa': 62)
But Allah says that their way of thinking is false and that their
basic aim is to "create dissension":
When they [hypocrites] are told, "Do not cause corruption
on the Earth," they say, "We are only putting things right."
No indeed! They are the corrupters, but they are not aware
of it. (Surat al-Baqara: 11-12)

Elsewhere in the Qur'an, Allah tells us that devils deceive these
people into thinking that they are on the right path. Then they actu-
ally call on their friends to join them on that path.
Say: "Are we to call on something besides Allah which can
neither help nor harm us, and to turn on our heels after
Allah has guided us, like someone the demons have lured
away in the earth, leaving him confused and stupefied, de-

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