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any evidence behind, that can refute their lies, thus the false nature of their statements
can be found out only with difficulty.
However, this is not the case with hypocrites. Hypocrites' all lies are 'dimwitted',
'easily provable to be a lie' and 'based on unwise reasoning'. They forget what
they have just said, and after a while they deny it. First they say, 'Today I have
never been there' and then after a while they say 'No, I have been there the whole
day'. When they are reminded of what they have said earlier, they say 'No, I didn't
say that, how did you come up with it, you are wrong'. And then they start quar-
relsomeness and try to incriminate the other party saying, 'You are slandering me
out of the blue, and blaming me with mendacity.'
This 'extreme fatuity' of hypocrites and their 'dimwitted and inept techniques
in lying' is a 'plague' cast upon them due to their insincerity. From the Muslims'
perspective, however, it is an example of God's support and protection on Muslims.
In this way, Muslims can easily spot hypocrites' lies and take precautions.

Hypocrites lie among Muslims for various purposes. At the top of the list is

surely their 'wish to harm Muslims from within and to hide their secret cooper-

ation with the unbelievers'. They also resort to lying 'to hide their abjectness, in-

sidiousness, impostures and insincerity'. .hypocrites also use lies as an evil weapon

'to defend and purify themselves, to hide the signs of hypocrisy on them, and

thus portray themselves as sincere Muslims'. Sometimes, hypocrites try 'to con-
solidate lies with other sneaky methods' into a 'much more demonic defense

mechanism'. They wish to make their lies more convincing by means of 'slandering,

crying, clamoring and sometimes being aggressive'. When Muslims reveal their
lies, hypocrites blame them of 'slandering'. When they are told "You are lying''
they continue to act disgustingly saying "I haven't told a lie, why are you slandering
me?'' While doing all these, 'they swear by God' to emphasize 'how well-intentioned
they are', just as God states in the Qur'an, "... they will swear, 'We only desired the
best.' But God bears witness that they are truly liars.'' (Surat at-Tawba, 107). In
the verse, God tells that they are 'lying'.
In another verse, with the words "... They will swear by God," God points to
this method of hypocrites once again. God reveals that hypocrites swear by God as
if they had faith and were sincere Muslims. In the continuance of the verse, God
states that hypocrites will be disappointed both in this world and in the hereafter:
"They are destroying their own selves. God knows that they are lying." (Surat at-
Tawba, 42)

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