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THE PROFOUND DARKNESS OF THE HYPOCRITE

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When Muslims encounter goodness, reach success or gain power, this burns
out and weighs heavily on hypocrites from within. It is overwhelmingly distressing

for hypocrites when Muslims are in blessings with joy, peace and experiencing love

and friendship profoundly between each other. Because quite the contrary, hypocrites

live in misery under depression and in an unhappy way with nuisance at all times.
Hypocrites have chosen to be with Muslims but they are passionate to be wrapped
up in unbelievers' lives. Since they strive for worldly desires, hypocrites assume

that if they could be with unbelievers they would live a far better life than they are

living with Muslims. Not being with unbelievers, not living through the immorality
of those lifestyles as they wish, not gaining any benefit from those, make hypocrites
suffer substantially. The resentment and rage they feel due to the regret of being
with Muslims surrounds their soul. Thereupon, seeing Muslims' heavenly lives
everywhere augments their pain, envy and uneasiness. Gradually this grudge
reaches to such an excruciating level that hypocrites can't hide it anymore. Their
anger, hatred, jealousy start to overflow from their whole body bearing out as
expressions from their mouths, tongues, eyes and faces. In the Qur'an, God in-
forms of this evil mood of hypocrites in the following verse:
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
'Imran, 118)

Hypocrites start to live with this pitiless anger at all hours of the day and

night. Nothing can be enough to choke down their rage. From the time they

wake up until they sleep they reflect this psychological state in all their attitudes.

God explains the reason of hypocrites' grudge in the Qur'an 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). Muslims living in goodness, beauty, blessings, pros-

perity, peace, joy, love, friendship and happiness causes hypocrites to live a life of

bitterness, exasperation and sadness.
While Muslims start their day with happiness and gratitude to God for all the

blessings, hypocrites wake up in miserableness every morning because they once
again start a day in which they will be with the people they don't want, love nor
share common goals and beliefs. They have to continue acting to people whom

they envy, begrudge and don't consider as friends or feel any love for. Even though

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