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THE SILENT LANGUAGE OF EVIL

and do not separate. Remember Allah's blessing to you when you
were enemies and He joined your hearts together so that you be-
came brothers by His blessing... " (Surah Al 'Imran: 103) They feel
constant love for one another, not because of any gain they can get
out of it but because of their love for Allah; the measure of their love
is Allah's favor. Indeed, as they become more morally good and in-
crease their efforts to win Allah's favor, their bond of love continues
to grow deeper.
But those under satan's influence do not understand this. Their
ideas are very different from those of sincere believers. Because their
bond with Allah and believers is not strong enough, they cannot
form a real, intimate friendship with them. For this reason, they de-
liberately shy away from any one-sided, unreciprocated love.
Of course, as in every case, this behavior harms no one but
themselves. They deprive themselves of Allah's greatest blessings—
giving and receiving love and the enjoyment of caring intimacy. No
matter how many acquaintances they may have, they will live a
lonely life in their arrogance. Because their moral behavior is far re-
moved from that of the Qur'an, they will not have any friends in the
Afterlife either:

Therefore here today he has no friend ... (Surat al-Haqqa: 35)

They avoid being pleasant, saying kind things
and paying compliments

In the Qur'an, Allah reminds us of the importance of saying
kind things:
... A good tree whose roots are firm and whose branches are
in heaven? It bears fruit regularly by its Lord's permission.
Allah makes metaphors for people so that hopefully they

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