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THE PROFOUND DARKNESS OF THE HYPOCRITE

the most devout. These are also the people who are most likely to spot their
hypocrisy. For instance at the time of our Prophet (pbuh), hypocrites regarded
every word, every advice of the Messenger of God (pbuh) with suspicion and
adopted an aggressive and mean-spirited attitude towards him. That is because
they were aware that our Prophet (pbuh) had a superior intelligence and could
very well spot insincerity and malice; so they were very afraid. Our Prophet's
(pbuh) ability to identify people, his wisdom and intelligence were almost a
nightmare for hypocrites. God informs us in a verse that hypocrites feared that a
surah would be sent down informing our Prophet (pbuh) of the malice in their
hearts and would reveal their filth:

Hypocrites are afraid that a surah may be sent down about them, informing
them of what is in their hearts. Say: "Go on mocking! God will expose every-
thing you are afraid of." (Surat at-Tawba, 64)
Hypocrites were terrified that with the revelation and help of God, the Prophet
(pbuh) would be informed about what they have been doing and were on thorns
about it. Of course this did not stem from their belief in God or the revelation. But
they were thinking that the Prophet (pbuh) would somehow see their insincerity
and expose it. That increased their aggression even further, and they interpreted
every advice and every word of his to be against them and got suspicious.
However, as God states in the continuance of the verse, "God will expose
everything you are afraid of". All the traps of hypocrites are created in a way that
they will certainly be exposed and thwarted. The thing hypocrites fear the most
will certainly come true and the end they were suspicious of will definitely find
them and God will absolutely inflict defeat on them.

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In a verse, God informs us that some people who are called on to have sincere

faith say, "Are we to believe in the way that fools believe?":

When they are told, "Believe in the way that the people believe," they say,
"What! Are we to believe in the way that fools believe?" No indeed! They are
the fools, but they do not know it. (Surat al-Baqara, 13)
The example given in the verse clearly shows 'hypocrites' frame of mind' and
'their view of Muslims'. Hypocrites consider themselves to be the 'wisest people'
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