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THE SILENT LANGUAGE OF EVIL

tual state within them. Even though someone pays careful attention
to all his other actions, he may commit a sin simply because of the
evil that remains within him and is reflected in his looks. Therefore,
he may not win Allah's favor and go to the Garden. (Allah knows
the truth). In the Qur'an, Allah reminds us of people who have not
accepted their responsibilities in this life and who, therefore, will be
full of regret in the life to come. He warns all people about this dan-
ger:

... when the Hour comes upon them suddenly, they will say,
"Alas for what we neglected there!" They will bear their
burdens on their backs. How evil is what they bear! (Surat
al-An'am: 31)

Their negative and pessimistic manner

To draw those under satan’s insidious control into behaving
outside the limits imposed in the Qur'an, satan teaches them several
ways of speaking negatively. But they are careful that their manner
of speaking should not betray its satanic aspects. One basic charac-
teristic is that at first, their conversation seems positive. From the
general scope of what is being said, a listener thinks that the speaker
is very edifying and that his words conform to the Qur'an. This is
the sense that comes from the general scope of what is being said.
But gradually, through subtle methods, a satanic logic takes over
that has nothing to do with the Qur'an.
If the speaker wrote down his words on paper, a reader might
not detect any satanic sense in the words. But satan supports the
speaker with so many details that, even though the words he uses
have a positive sense, they leave listeners with just the opposite im-
pression. His various emphases, his tone of voice, the juxtaposition

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