Page 31 - The Silent Language Of Evil

Harun Yahya

heart will meet the voice of conscience commanding the truth.
Given this situation, satan has devised a different order to hide his
true identity and evil intentions. Sometimes he tries to make it seem
that his suggestions are actually the voice of a person's conscience,
by approaching them using the name of Allah.
Together with his minions, satan observes people to learn how
they may be influenced and what they will react to. He directs them
by being aware of their weak points and of which ideas confuse their
minds. He deceives people in delicate matters of conscience by
using religious values under the guise of auspiciousness. When he
wants to tempt a person into some evil deed, he offers various alibis
and excuses to show that the deed is right and legitimate. In this
way, he tries to lead that person into a totally opposite form of
"moral" behavior. The individual then uses satan's insincere excuses
to defend to others the evil he has done.
Satan, on the other hand, tries to make believers think they are
adequate, to get them to be content with some acts of worship they
perform, and to find their efforts sufficient. He tries to convince
them that they have a good moral character, that they do their best
and that’s the utmost they can accomplish. He strives to make them

believe that it's enough if their hearts are pure, that Allah recognizes
the sufficiency of the good intentions of their heart and that He
would be pleased with them and thus try to drift them into insincer-
ity. Satan tries to soften people's hearts and make them believe that
they are well-intentioned enough and has superior moral qualities
compared to those around them.
But no matter how convincing and realistic the way satan puts
forth his excuses, a person acting according to his suggestions
knows that his actions are incompatible with the moral teachings of
the Qur'an. This is because everyone is able to distinguish between
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