Page 27 - The Silent Language Of Evil
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Harun Yahya

        always presents these actions to people as goodness, beauty and
        truth. He insinuates himself into their lives with methods of persua-
        sion and sly cunning.
             The Qur'an tells us that satan himself has spoken of this; that he
        will not approach people openly, but lies in ambush for them:
             He [satan] said, "By Your misguidance of me, I will lie in
             ambush for them on your straight path. Then I will come at
             them, from in front of them and behind them, from their

             right and from their left. You will not find most of them
             thankful." (Surat al-A'raf: 16-17)
             Satan has no direct influence on human beings, and so resorts to
        insidious methods to present people what is wrong as right and
        good as evil. In order to deceive, he gilds his words and tells them
        that the wrongs they commit are attractive and becoming. In the
        same way, he tries to make them foreswear habits that are good and
        beneficial by depicting them as unseemly. He makes attractive
        promises to them with regard to this earthly life, giving them
        groundless apprehensions about what is right. He tries to make the
        simplest things complicated and intractable and suggests that
        Allah's commands are difficult to keep. He makes them believe that
        worldly gain is easy and close at hand, but that the benefits of the
        next world are allegedly remote, imaginary promises. He observes
        human beings at every moment, watching for their deficiencies. He
        tries to catch them at their weak points and make them fall into his
        trap. He always promotes evil, wanting them to imitate him by
        adopting it. He sets his snares with all these suggestions, in unex-
        pected ways and at unexpected times.
             At times he makes open suggestions; most often he makes him-
        self appear as a real friend to someone, as if he wanted the best for


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