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spoil the games of hypocrites and perish unbelievers in terms of their ideology,
hypocrites hugely suffer in the same way with immense pain in their hearts. When
the sneaky cooperation between hypocrites and unbelievers is exposed and the
plots they were eager to conspire fail, hypocrites almost 'have death throes'. Because
one of the things hypocrites do not want to happen most is Muslims to gain power.
God explains their perfidy in a verse: "If something good happens to you, it galls
them. If something bad strikes you, they rejoice at it.'' (Surah Al 'Imran, 120)
Despite this, they keep their anger, rage and grudge inside and talk in an utterly op-
posite way of their feelings. They enthusiastically express their joy for so-called
happiness they feel from unbelievers' defeat. While their real intend is to cause
damage to Muslims and mislead them into failure, they display the 'flattery' which
they describe as their act of treacherous indecency. They put on the scene and act
as if they are happy after the success of Muslims.
In the Qur'an, hypocrites' 'two-faced trickery' and the reality that they 'hide a
huge grudge, anger and rage within their heart instead of love' is reported as fol-
lows:

You who have faith! Do not take any outside yourselves as intimates. They
will do anything to harm you. They love what causes you distress. Hatred
has appeared out of their mouths, but what their breasts hide is far worse.
We have made the Signs clear to you if you use your intellect. (Surah Al 'Im-
ran, 118)

There you are, loving them when they do not love you, even though you

have faith in all the Books. 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.' God knows what your hearts contain. (Surah Al 'Imran, 119)

If something good happens to you, it galls them. If something bad strikes

you, they rejoice at it. But if you are steadfast and have fear of God, their

scheming will not harm you in any way. God encompasses what they do.
(Surah Al 'Imran, 120)

In verses, God reveals that the 'hypocrites' scheming and sneaky attempts

will not harm believers.' Indeed this case is a great rout for the hypocrite.

When hypocrites collaborate with unbelievers, they suppose that everything is

going to be easy, they can cheat Muslims as they wish and achieve their objectives.
While hoping these to be their accomplishments, when the unbelievers who hyp-
ocrites reckoned as powerful are defeated intellectually, hypocrites suffer tremen-
dously in agony and pain.

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