Page 43 - The Silent Language Of Evil

Harun Yahya

is not a lie in any real sense. In this way, satan wants lies, unrecog-
nized as such, to circulate widely among people.
Although they tell many lies, therefore, such people see them-
selves as blameless of such perverse behavior. By this method of
satan, they whitewash their lies by giving them different names. For
example, they use such weak explanations as "I only said it, I didn't
mean it," or "I must not have explained it very well," and "I guess I
don't remember," or "I must have forgotten to tell you that part," and
" I must have confused it with something else." They try to show that
their lie was harmless and not ill-intended; and also make them-
selves believe these explanations. If listeners perceive that what they
said is untrue, they claim that it was never their intention to tell a lie.
They affirm that the important thing was their heartfelt "intention"
while they were saying these things; and that they were sure of the
rightness of their intention. However, this is yet another lie. And
even though they may call upon Allah as a witness to the purity of
their heart, He knows that they are telling a lie.
Satan leads the kind of people whom he can not urge openly to
sin by these kinds of insidious methods into dishonesty. Sometimes
he tells them that something is different, more or less than it actually

is; or he changes what was said in the attempt to pervert the mean-
ing of the words. The Qur'an tells us about these people who always
totally distort the truth:
Woe to every wicked liar. (Surat al-Jathiyya: 7)
Acting under the influence of satan, these people behave incor-
rectly. Later, or even while committing the act, they decide how to
explain it away. Sometimes they don't think about the result, and
when what they have done becomes known, they instinctively de-
clare their innocence. Of course, satan makes these people react in

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