Page 138 - The Profound Darkness of the Hypocrite

THE PROFOUND DARKNESS OF THE HYPOCRITE

their hearts instead of love, thus it was very offending for them to show respect
to him. Since, the real purpose of hypocrites was not to revere our Prophet (pbuh)
but in fact to thrust themselves to the forefront.
They wanted to 'lessen the love and respect towards our Prophet (pbuh) and
then show everyone their so-called intelligence, knowledge and talent to be
greater than his'. Thereby, they thought that they would mislead the ones who
have weak faith and withhold them from following our Prophet's (pbuh) path.
They assumed that they could this way misdirect those to the evil conduct of the
irreligious and make them their followers. However each sinister and insincere at-
titude they adopted in order to thrust themselves to the forefront was another
demonstration of 'hypocrites' fatuousness' and manifesting 'how outstanding wis-
dom' our Prophet (pbuh) had.
Indeed, this hypocrite character in the era of our Prophet (pbuh) has been
showing up in the same sneaky way in all Muslim communities throughout history.
Hypocrites' target has been always the one who is 'the spiritual leader and guide'
of Muslims at that moment. At the present time, hypocrites aim at the ones who
serve most beneficially to Islam, who put up the most efficient struggle against
irreligion and who strengthen believers most; these blessed people are targets
of hypocrites.
The reason for hypocrites' denial to accept showing respect to the spiritual
leaders who have outstanding morality just as they denied towards our Prophet
(pbuh) is actually very overt. Hypocrites stay with Muslims not to attain God's ap-
proval, mercy or heaven by living in compliance with morals of the Qur'an. There-
fore, while Muslims try to live by the good morals in the best possible way, hypocrites
don't have such a purpose, eagerness or resolution. They either have faith in God
and hereafter fractionally or choose unbelief completely. They live without consid-
ering that they will be questioned in the hereafter for what they have done it their
worldly life. What is important for them is preserving their worldly interests and
pass their lives as they desire. If they are able to move forward in accordance with

their purposes sneakily and in a quirky manner, if they can reach their benefits

without leaving any trace behind, without making their ruses obvious; then there
isn't any problem for them. As long as they preserve their benefits and get what

they want, it is not important or necessary for them to have good morals, be tactful,

kind or respectful.

Hypocrites, by the reason of this ill-favored point of view, act in order to reach

their goals with crafty games, verbiages, and lies also when they are near to the

Muslims' spiritual leader. Since they don't feel a true love neither towards our

Prophet (pbuh), nor towards Muslims or their spiritual leaders, they don't show

136