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The Foolishness Of Hypocrites

When they meet you, they say, “We have faith.” But
when they leave they bite their fingers out of rage
against you. Say, “Die in your rage.” Allah knows
what your hearts contain. (Surah Al ‘Imran, 119)
Failing to recognize that Allah is aware of what they are
doing, hypocrites may assume for a time that they are deceiv-
ing the believers. The temporary concealment of their
hypocrisy may actually incite them further. The Qur’an de-
scribes this corrupt logic in the following way:
Do you not see those who were forbidden to confer
together secretly returning to the very thing they
were forbidden to do, and conferring together se-
cretly in wrongdoing and enmity and disobedience to
the Messenger? And when they come to you they
greet you with words Allah has never used in greet-
ing you, and say to themselves “Why does Allah not
punish us for what we say?” Hell will be enough for
them! They will roast in it. What an evil destination!
(Surat al-Mujadala, 8)
The words, “why does Allah not punish us for what we
say?”, clearly reveal the foolishness of the hypocrites and their
lack of conscientiousness. They suppose the time granted to
them is unlimited, and that they can persist as usual in their
hypocrisy. Yet, this is impossible; Allah will of a certainty re-
veal their true intentions.

They Are Unaware Of Allah’s Support
Of The Believers
Hypocrites are also unaware of the support Allah pro-

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