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THE SILENT LANGUAGE OF EVIL

satan's influence. The sincerity reflected in these people's faces, tone
of voice, manner and conversation is evidence of their honesty. But
those under satan's influence resort to these excuses not because
they really didn't know, but because of their insincerity. Actually,
they are aware of the kind of behavior required by the moral excel-
lence that Allah has commanded in the Qur'an. Besides this, their
consciences warn them about what kind of morality they should
practice and what behavioral perversity to avoid. If in spite of this, a
person, behaves perversely, is criticized for it, and says he did it out
of ignorance, he is not being honest. This person is using excuses as
one of the silent methods of evil.
Those who do something contrary to the moral teachings of the
Qur'an and say that they did it out of ignorance bolster their insin-
cerity with the idea that "Only Allah and we ourselves know what is
in our hearts." Of course, only Allah knows what is in a person's
heart; one person cannot know another's intentions. But in the
Qur'an, Allah has made known certain signs that reveal a person's
intentions, and has made the consciences of believers sensitive to
the insidiousness and evil intentions of others. Thanks to these
signs, believers become aware of those who have fallen under

satan's influence, who deliberately use the lack of concrete proof of
their insidiousness to cover up their insincerity. In this way they
think they can silence those calling them to practice moral excel-
lence and to prove invalid the criticism directed against them.
Actually, this idea leads them into even greater insincerity. If they
believe that their acquaintances have not heard about their insincere
behavior, later they will resort to the same method in every similar
situation.
Satan teaches people this and many more subtle methods of the

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