Page 171 - 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 )

believers, from the ugly tone of voice that causes unrest and create scenes, the de-
monic counterattacks they carry out and from the way they struggle to justify
themselves with lies and slanders.
This situation observed in hypocrites is 'a sign of a severe spiritual sickness'.
This is a psychosis that reflects the filthy soul of the unbelievers far removed from
faith. At the same time, this is a scourge that God casts on hypocrites because of
their preferring unbelief over faith.
Muslims 'enjoin the right and forbid the wrong' and thereby correct one an-
other's mistakes and constantly make each other spiritually and physically more
perfect. Since they are open to advice and recommendations and show good man-
ners, God makes them superior in every aspect. While hypocrites sink into an even
filthier world in their own swamps, Muslims enjoy the blessing of living with beau-
tiful people in a beautiful environment like heaven. In a verse God says that 'those
who are safe-guarded from the avarice of their own-selves would be successful'
as follows:

... It is the people who are safe-guarded from the avarice of their own selves
who are successful. (Surat al-Hashr, 9)

With their selfishness, hypocrites stoop to every sort of atrociousness to protect

their interests, their pride and arrogance, and thus to save themselves. God informs

us in the Qur'an that this avarice in their lower-selves would become so fierce in

the hereafter that hypocrites would want to give all their kinsmen, their families,

their relatives, their children, spouses, their parents; in short everything they

own, as ransom only to save themselves from the hell:

Even though they can see each other. An evildoer will wish he could ransom

himself from the punishment of that Day, by means of his sons, or his wife

or his brother or his family who sheltered him or everyone else on earth, if

that only meant that he could save himself. But no! It is a Raging Blaze…

(Surat al-Ma'arij, 11-15)

Those who respond to their Lord will receive the best. But as for those who
do not respond to Him, even if they owned everything on the earth and the

same again with it, they would offer it as a ransom. They will receive an evil

Reckoning. Their shelter will be hell. What an evil resting-place! (Surat ar-

Ra'd, 18)

With these verses, God informs us of how fierce the lower-selves of hypocrites
are, how insane their fondness of themselves and their ambition to protect their

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