Page 81 - The Silent Language Of Evil
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Harun Yahya
into which these people have fallen by their own will. Their con-
sciences inspire in them the necessity of living a good moral life, but
they deliberately refuse to show love in order to requite the selfish
desires of their hearts. Sometimes they do this as protest, sometimes
to express their anger, resentment and jealousy toward someone,
and other times simply out of their own arrogance. They do this to
conceal what they have done and to send a silent message, thinking
that in this way they will obtain what they want.
Of course, we never see this kind of behavior among believers.
The only kind of conduct acceptable to them is what conforms to the
moral teachings of the Qur'an. Those who wish to achieve their
goals by living according to the morality that Allah has revealed will
(Allah willing) be successful. Otherwise, the harm from the satanic
deeds they have done will embrace them, and they will not be able
to go on without being tormented. They will experience this diffi-
culty as a punishment for following satan instead of practicing the
morality that pleases Allah.
The obsession of waiting for another person to
express love first
Because of arrogance, those who fall under satan's influence al-
ways wait for another person to show love first, because they think
the love they express should be in proportion to the love shown
them by another. If they express a more enthusiastic love than that
other person, they fear they'll be humiliated. This kind of situation
goes totally against their pride. As in every stage of their lives, they
experience love only if it does not harm their lower selves and then
only to the extent that this pride allows.
But there is no room for pride in the moral teachings of the
Qur'an. Love and pride have nothing in common. Where there is
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