Page 193 - 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 )

ADNAN OKTAR: I seek refuge in God from

satan, "They distort the true meaning of
words". For instance, they distort the mean-
ings of the verses in the Qur'an. Moreover,
when they speak to another person, they
distort their words also. For instance; you
may say 'I realized you are really attentive

today'. Trying to accuse you, the reply is:

'Your words imply that I am usually careless.'
When you say, 'I didn't imply such a thing',
he replies 'Are you making fun of my mem-
ory?' Hypocrites are very quarrelsome. Of

course, I'm giving really overall examples.

Hypocrites are indeed social microbes.
God describes them in many verses and the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) de-
scribes them in many of the hadiths; they are described very clearly, he
describes them to the letter. Hazrat Ali (ra) also describes them exactly as
they are. Hypocrites are there in the verses with all the details of their

characters. But, of course, the verses have to be interpreted and explained

as the way they are experienced in life. (A9 TV, June 23 , 2016)
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ADNAN OKTAR: Hypocrites lie very often. They lie openly and dishonorably.
They tend to engage in demogoguery; they always twist the meaning of
words. The verse says "They say, 'It is from God,' but it is not from God". They
distort the meaning of words. They have a sinister talent in distorting the words

as well as the mentality. God says, "They distort the Book with their tongues".
Hypocrites are capable of distorting a righteous word of a Muslim into
something extremely illogical. When you speak with good words addressing
to their heart, hypocrites make something completely irrelevant of it. Their
speech is ambiguous. God says in a verse: "they flay you with sharp tongues"
(Surat al-Ahzab, 19) What is a sharp tongue? Sharp is something with a devas-
tating and vicious power. This is what hypocrites aim at; this is what they are
trying so hard for. The believer uses his tongue for good whereas hypocrites
use theirs to spread filth and trouble. However, everything that befalls on the
believers always turns out to be good for them. By contrast, hypocrites
assume something is for their benefit, yet it turns out to be malicious for them.
I mean, whatever they do is always against their benefit. "They distort the
Book". Here the verse refers to their sinister talent to change the meaning by

twisting words. For instance, when Muslims tell something reasonable to
hypocrites – or perhaps a mistake of theirs, or some quality they lack,
hyprocrites twist and change it completely. They change the places of the
words and even make a whole new sentence. They add a lot of lies and
make it a completely new set of words. This is the distortion mentioned. They
even try to change the commandments of the Qur'an. (A9 TV, June 5 , 2016)
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