Page 141 - 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 )

glad tidings in the Qur'an that 'it is the party of God who are victorious':

As for those who make God their friend, and His Messenger and those who

have faith: it is the party of God who are victorious! (Surat al-Ma'ida, 56)

E
Y
U
G
O
T
S
R
A
E
T
L
I
N
K
E
C
R
T
E
I
(
H
)
U
P
B
O
O
P
R
T
H
R
P
H HYPOCRITES WWERE TALKING TO OOUR PPROPHET (PBUH)
T
R
F
M
U
O
U
A
E
A
T
R
S
E
R
T
E
H
D
S
I
I
V
R
I
S
U
O
L LOUDLY FROM OOUTSIDE HIS PPRIVATE QQUARTERS
Y
L
D

Actually, hypocrites perfectly knew how the manners and wordings should

be in the presence of our Prophet (pbuh). But since they could accept the 'supe-

riority' of our Prophet (pbuh), it was offending for them to show a deep respect

towards him. Therefore they were trying to execute 'evil misdemeanors' sneakily

by acting with contumacy and disobedience in such settings. While Muslims were

attracting notice with their remarkable 'conscientious love and exquisite respect'

towards our Prophet (pbuh), they came to be recognized as persons possessing

'hypocrite characters' by our Prophet (pbuh) and sincere believers due to their de-

vious misconduct.

However, we should remember that 'hypocrisy' is not the only reason of mis-

behavior in people's wordings and manners. A person may make mistakes due to

his ignorance, thoughtlessness, benightedness, inexpertness, rude attitudes or vul-

garity. hypocrites' differential features are their 'painstaking insistence and not

giving up on wrong attitudes despite being taught the right moral values'; and

'not feeling any regret after their attitudes and not looking for any correction of

their mistakes.' They absolutely consider themselves to be on the true path and to

be right. When they exhibit other hypocritical attitudes besides these, these facts

should certainly be taken into consideration and suspected as pre-eminent by Mus-

lims.

In the Qur'an, another example of hypocrites' attitude disorder they exhibit in

the presence of our Prophet (pbuh) is revealed in the following verse:

As for those who call out to you from outside your private quarters, most of
them do not use their intellect. If they had only been patient until you came
out to them, it would have been better for them. But God is Ever-Forgiving,
Most Merciful. (Surat al-Hujurat, 4-5)
Hypocrites who try to execute evil actions with interrupting, knowingness,
yelling, raising their voices, using a quarrelsome manner, use the method of 'calling
out from outside private quarters' just as described in the verse.
Our Prophet (pbuh) is a blessed person who is remarkably noticed with his su-
perior morality, high conscience, profound wisdom, which is reflected in his way
139