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THE PROFOUND DARKNESS OF THE HYPOCRITE

Even this little ruse is an 'evil nourishment' for the hypocrite. Not being
honest to God and Muslims, telling lies to them excites him a lot. With his low
intellect, he assumes that he fools Muslims and he is able to direct them with sneaky
ruses; and this increases his evil self-confidence. He thinks as 'I did it once so I can
always do it' and gets excited for the new sneaky ruses he will practice.
Gaining benefits with illegal methods in every subject whether big or little,
important or unimportant is hypocrite's way of life. But assuming that he is not
recognized while doing all these is the clear signification of his mindlessness. The
hypocrite who thinks that he can defeat Muslims with his evil logic is in a foolish
delusion. God granted Muslims 'sharp wisdom' for their faith, and 'outstanding
talent' in order for them to diagnose hypocrites. Muslims understand the character
of a hypocrite and his insincerity even with his few little ruses. While the hypocrite
continues his sly activities thinking that those are not understood, actually Muslims
are watching his every step carefully and taking every rationalist precaution against
those for whom they should be on full alert.

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As it has been mentioned in previous chapters in detail, one of the most im-

portant characteristics of hypocrites is 'self-indulgence'. Unable to feel any love

even for Muslims, who are indeed the people of the best morality and conscience

that they could ever come across around the world, hypocrites in fact do not feel

real love for anyone at all. Even their own families; their parents, brothers, sisters,

spouses or children are nothing but means for them to exploit in order to attain the

interests they seek in life. Should they need to make a choice between themselves

and their families, they would invariably and unhesitatingly choose their own com-

fort and happiness. Acting with this point of view, hypocrites value nobody but

themselves. Egoism, jealousy, hatred, self-seeking, rivalry, and greed for power and
status have displaced the feeling of love in their soul. Hence, they approach everyone
in their lives with such feelings.
While Muslims present them a heavenly life and protect them while making
sacrifices to ensure their comfort, peace and joy, hypocrites do not show any such
effort for Muslims. Muslims, without expecting anything in return, solely do these
for the approval of God. Because hypocrites do not believe in God and do not
strive to attain goodness in the hereafter, their consciences have become totally
blunt. Therefore, they can easily display selfish and insensitive behavior without
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