Page 133 - The Profound Darkness of the Hypocrite

A D N A N O K TA R ( H A R U N Y A H Y A )

they want, even if other people make mistakes, Muslims know that all these are
created for a good reason as part of destiny.
On the other hand, hypocrites, like in all other cases, attract attention with
behavioral disorders which are total opposite of Muslims. When they face with
a little case, which seems as an annoyance, they instantly get angry and start
grumbling, clamoring, disputing and showing assailant, and quarrelsome atti-
tudes. Their anarchic soul that they used to hide externalizes from their mouth.
Until that moment they pretend to be a Muslim but when they get angry they
lose their control and start to uncloak their irreligious characteristics overtly.
God informs that hypocrites in the era of our Prophet (pbuh) were also showing
the same immorality of profanity and ill manners even if when they were with our
Prophet (pbuh):

You who have faith! Do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet

and do not be as loud when speaking to him as you are when speaking to

one another, lest your actions should come to nothing without your realizing

it. (Surat al-Hujurat, 2)

Also in an other verse it is stated that God 'does not approve of a yelling and
disquieting wording' manner: "... Be moderate in your tread and lower your

voice. The most hateful of voices is the donkey's bray.'' (Surah Luqman, 19). Yet,
deliberately and insistently showing an attitude that God is not pleased with is an
important characteristic of the hypocrite. With their determination on this kind of
immorality, hypocrites clearly show that they are different from Muslims and long
for living the life of unbelievers.

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H HYPOCRITES STRUT ARROGANTLY WWITH THEIR DISDAINFULNESS

In the Qur'an, God warns Muslims to avoid acting snobbishly with the verse;

"Do not strut arrogantly about the earth. You will certainly never split the earth
apart nor will you ever rival the mountains in height.'' (Surat al-Isra', 37)
Knowing that the immorality described in the verse is not approved by God,
Muslims fastidiously avoid the slightest ill -conduct that can be interpreted as ego-
centrism or arrogance. Quite the contrary to Muslims, hypocrites use every op-
portunity to thrust themselves to the forefront, emphasize their greatness and
accentuate that they are superior than everyone. Their greed of superiority and
coming to the fore is very severe. Therefore, this mood dominates all their attitudes,
speeches and facial expressions for all day long. The greed of superiority reflects
are seen in all their glances, voice, speeches, in the way they act, in their comments
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