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THE PROFOUND DARKNESS OF THE HYPOCRITE

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One of the main character traits of hypocrites is that they instantly side with

the powerful. This is one of the main characteristics of insincere people. Their
craving for irreligion arises from their mistaken assumption that unbelievers are
more powerful and showier than Muslims in every part of the world and in every
field. But when Muslims gain power all over the world, this time they immediately
sidle up to Muslims and try to 'show themselves as one of the most pious amongst
the Muslims'.
In every historic period, hypocrites have shown this character trait. When the
tenets of Islam will reign over the world in the End Times that we are living in now,

hypocritical people will try to look like Muslims' proponents. God informs us about

their insincere behavior in the Qur'an as follows:

They [hypocrites] will call out to them, "Were we not with you?" They will
reply, "Indeed you were. But you made trouble for yourselves and hung
back and doubted and false hopes deluded you until God's command arrived.
The deluder deluded you about God." (Surat al-Hadid, 14)

Those who anticipate the worst for you say, "Were we not with you?" whenever

you gain a victory from God, but if the unbelievers have a success they say, "Did

we not have the upper hand over you and yet in spite of that keep the believers

away from you?" God will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection. God

will not give the unbelievers any way against the believers. (Surat an-Nisa', 141)

In these verses it is stated that when Muslims reach success and gain a victory,
in order to exploit their power, hypocrites instantly come and say "Were we not

with you?" In such a case, hypocrites, despite all their overt insincere attitudes, can

unashamedly proclaim, "We have already been with you". The reason of this is of

course their fatuousness. Hypocrites are sure that their abnormal attitudes which

are incompatible with Muslim morality, their insincerity, double-dealing and hidden

insidious activities are not noticed. Thus when they say things like "We have already

been with you, we made Islamic morality reign over the world together, we en-

deavored together'' hypocrites think that their reasoning would be given credence

to right away.

As it is stated in the continuation of the verse, when power is gained by unbe-

lievers, this time hypocrites go to them and say "Did we not have the upper hand

over you and yet in spite of that keep the believers away from you?" This is the

obvious manifestation of hypocrites' disingenuousness. Hypocrites take sides with

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