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THE PROFOUND DARKNESS OF THE HYPOCRITE

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The lives of believers and the lives of people who don't have Muslim morals
are completely different. One of its most significant indications is that believers act
with their 'conscience' whereas unbelievers act with their 'logic'. In every incident
they face, every step they take, every word they say, in all their thoughts and all
their choices Muslims listen to the voice of their conscience. On the other hand,

unbelievers act with 'logic' in every decision they make. Thereby, a person who

decides to live in accordance with Muslim morality should definitely query himself

about it and check whether he is acting with his 'conscience' or 'logic'.
In fact, someone who is saying that he has faith in God but hasn't queried
himself may answer questions like "What has changed in your life after being a
Muslim?" as "I have been performing prayer and heeding what is unlawful." Of
course these are requirements to live by the tenets of Islam and starting to pay at-

tention to them is profoundly important. But a Muslim should also be different

from other people by this means: "You used to act with your logic, but from now

on you will act with your conscience. God will inspire it to your conscience all

the time and you will listen to the voice of your conscience. Your habit of acting
with logic without heeding your conscience has come to an end.''
Despite believing in God, thinking with logic and steering his life in its direction
instead of morals of the Qur'an and his conscience will leave a person in a double-
dealing character and prevent him from having a sincere faith.

This is exactly how hypocrites spend their lives: with constant 'logical calcula-

tions'. In the Qur'an, God draws attention to this immorality of hypocrites:

If it had been a case of easy gains and a short journey, they would have fol-
lowed you, but the distance was too great for them. They will swear by God:
"Had we been able to, we would have gone out with you." They are destroying
their own selves. God knows that they are lying. (Surat at-Tawba, 42)

In this verse it is told that in order to be with Muslims, hypocrites look for
'easy gains', namely they look for benefits, which can be gained anytime soon.
Acting with logic, hypocrites keep their 'personal benefits' above anything else in
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