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THE HYPOCRITE ACCORDING TO THE QUR’AN

gether as a group except in fortified towns or behind
high walls. Their hostility towards each other is in-
tense. They are full of bravado in each other’s com-
pany. You consider them united but their hearts are
scattered wide. That is because they are people who
do not use their intellect. (Surat al-Hashr, 13-14)

They Think Themselves Clever
Hypocrites think they can deceive believers. This is also
why they consider themselves clever. They think they can
profit by avoiding self-sacrifice, and not living their lives for
Allah’s sake. By choosing as such, however, they opt for a most
foolish decision. While they are offered the opportunity to
learn the religion, and to earn Allah’s good pleasure and
Paradise, they neglect these favors and cast their eyes upon the
fleeting and futile adornments of this world. Instead of a grand
salvation, they are deserving of the torment of Hell. In any
case, they will endure great torment also in this world, as well
as suffer pangs of conscience, doubts and unfounded concerns.
In the Qur’an, Allah states that hypocrites consider them-
selves more clever than believers, but it is they who are truly
foolish:
When they are told, “Have faith in the way that the
people have faith,” they say, “What! Are we to have
faith in the way that fools have faith?’ No indeed!
They are the fools, but they do not know it. (Surat al-
Baqara, 13)

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