Page 166 - The Profound Darkness of the Hypocrite

THE PROFOUND DARKNESS OF THE HYPOCRITE

Lying has firmly settled in hypocrites' tongue, who spend their lives by
making friends with satan. That's why in their counterattacks, they can swiftly
slander and tell an unceasing series of lies. They can develop a number of fictitious
reasons and keep attempting to divert the subject. As Muslims humbly try to make
explanations to them in a respectful and loving manner to bring benefit to them,
hypocrites get strength from Muslims' modest attitude and become even more ag-
gressive. They know that the Muslims would not preach with anger but with com-
passion, patience and humbleness. They are sure that Muslims would not change
their peaceful attitude and good manners. Thus they, in their own feeble minds,
exploit it and step up their arrogance and snobbishness without hesitation.
This devilish boldness brings out the hatred they harbor inside out of their
mouths. What is remarkable is that hypocrites display well-balanced manners when
others praise them, do whatever they wish, behave them well, talk to them in a way
that pleases their lower-selves. However, they wrap themselves into a second char-
acter and become aggressive when they are given advice or admonition. Especially
when they want to gain some benefit they act like the person with the most
well-balanced manners, the best morality, the most reasonable attitude and they
use the finest of words. However, when they hear a word that conflicts with
their lower-selves, the devilish insanity in their spirits come out into the open
severely. When Muslims give advice to them for their good, hypocrites, who insin-
cerely speak in a kind and warm-hearted manner when they want to gain some
benefit, turn into 'evil creatures that spill hatred out of their eyes and mouths'.
This state, which appears when hypocrites get angry, is their real face and true
personality.
One of the reasons why hypocrites counterattack with such disgusting methods
when criticized is because they know that counterattack generally makes other
people passive. It usually demoralizes people, making them feel guilty and need to
defend themselves. Knowing this natural weakness of people, hypocrites apply this
method against Muslims. Their aim is to escape from being criticized and to make

Muslims' recommendations ineffective. They wish to distract attention away from
themselves and try to make people forget about the real topic and focus on another

one. When they are given advice, they point at others and accuse them of numerous

mistakes. In such a case, these other people would naturally try to explain that
these accusations are not true, and thus the subject would have changed. When the
subject was their own faults, hypocrites would thus have diverted the subject to
the faults of others and would thus have saved themselves, all the while they
would have now put others on the focal point.

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