Page 55 - The Silent Language Of Evil
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Harun Yahya
that Allah has knowledge of all things. (Surat al-Baqara:
231)
An intelligent person with a good grasp of what Allah says in
the Qur'an and nevertheless strives to appear childish, may fall
under the judgment of this verse. (Allah knows the truth)
In this situation, an intelligent person with faith should not re-
sort to insincere ways to make himself appear innocent, but be pur-
poseful in winning Allah's favor. To this end, he should be sincere
and, instead of trying to cover up any error, he should repent and
take refuge in the knowledge that Allah will forgive him.
THEY EXPRESS THEIR NEGATIVITY AND
DISCONTENT IN THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF
EVIL.
In order to spread the silent language of evil, another method
that satan teaches people is negativity. Its basis lies in people's lack
of awareness that Allah sees every evil done openly or in secret, and
that those who do these deeds will receive the appropriate reward in
the Hereafter. The negative personality that accompanies this
clouded awareness is where this hidden evil is most frequently en-
countered. A person who does negative things through satan's in-
timidations gradually displays a series of unseemly moral qualities,
but does so while hiding behind the "silent language of evil," think-
ing he could not possibly be discovered.
A person in a negative spiritual state has many apprehensions
and doubts on his mind stemming from the influence of satan. If he
wants to escape from satan's influence and his negative spiritual
state, of course, he can immediately find the appropriate answer to
all his misgivings in the Qur'an. But he does not consider how easy
it is to escape satan's oppression, being preoccupied with his own
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