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THE PROFOUND DARKNESS OF THE HYPOCRITE

For hypocrites who have no fear of God and belief in the hereafter, enhancing
moral values won't serve their purposes and it is an insignificant subject. Besides,
hypocrites don't appreciate 'good moral values in compliance with the Qur'an'.
Their only desire is to practice evil conduct, to be proficient on irreligious tactics
and methods that they can sneakily execute among Muslims, and to possess a
devious intelligence to do all these. Thus they are not concerned with morality
issues. But they hang on to their bodies covetously. Keeping their bodies young,
spry, healthy and strong is one of the most important targets of hypocrites and
one of the things that they care about the most.
Of course, a Muslim also does his best to preserve his body in the most
powerful, healthy and beautiful way. Being modern, soignée, beautiful and pos-
sessing high quality, are grandeurs that Muslims attach importance to. But hyp-
ocrites show an insane greed for it. And hypocrites' ambition is not for using his
body in the way of God or for a beneficial life that God will be pleased with. They
are meticulous for their body care because of their denial of heaven. Hypocrites are
only committed to the life in this world that they presume will last eternally. They
try to rejuvenate their bodies and make it ostentatious in order to forget that deaths,
illnesses and elderliness are parts of this worldly life.
They can't comprehend the fact that an empty body without wisdom, faith,
moral values of the Qur'an and conscience has no beauty. They spend their whole
power and energy only to perfect their appearance and preserve their form. However,
one day hypocrites will die just as any other person and their body will decay and
decompose into soil. Only their conduct for God, their faith and their practices in

this world will remain. But hypocrites whose insight are limited, are unaware of all

these truths. Thus, they can't comprehend.

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In a passage of the Gospel, hypocrites are resembled to 'whitewashed tombs

that look beautiful from outside but dead and full of dirt inside'.

You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the

inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. In the same way,

on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of
hypocrisy and wickedness. (Matthew 23:27-28)
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