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THE SILENT LANGUAGE OF EVIL

            Qur'an. But Muslims evaluate the attitude and behavior of others
            according to the criteria that Allah has revealed in the Qur'an. A per-
            son may mention Allah's name only with his tongue or take an oath
            in His name; he may speak about religious matters and say how
            clean his heart is. But this is not enough to convince anyone of his
            sincerity, for these are the behaviors that can be imitated by those
            who are sick in their hearts to deceive believers. The sign of true sin-
            cerity is a person who behaves the way he speaks and is careful to
            avoid evil, whether secret or in the open.
                 A person who displays any kind of unseemly behavior must re-
            member that Allah sees all the evil a person does, no matter how
            well he may hide it. The Qur'an tells us that Allah knows every evil
            deed that is done and every insincere excuse offered to cover it up.
            "... not one thing about them will be hidden from Allah..." (Surah
            Ghafir: 16) For this reason, a person must behave knowing that he
            will be confronted with all these things on the Day of Judgment and
            must aim to live a moral life pleasing to Allah.


                 They lie continually to prove their innocence
                 Those under the influence of satan resort to lying to make
            themselves appear innocent. Famous Islamic scholar Abdul Qadir

            al-Jaylani had this to say about satan: "What has sßatan not done to
            you? He has made you love lies. He has made evil acts seem attrac-
            tive to you." ('Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, Ilahi Armagan (Divine Gift),
            translated by Abdulkadir Akcicek (Ankara: Rahmet Publications,
            1962), 2:16.) But by lying, we do not mean to hide something by say-
            ing that it is the exact opposite of what it clearly is. Satan teaches the
            silent language of evil and methods of insincere discourse whose
            falsity is very difficult to detect. This allows the people to believe it


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