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THE PROFOUND DARKNESS OF THE HYPOCRITE

any behaviour which might be similar with hypocrites; and also for identifying
hypocrites and for protecting themselves from their wickedness.

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One of the most distinct characteristics of hypocrites is that they try to spread
doubt and satan's whispers into the hearts of Muslims. They want to plant ideas
that are not in the minds of the Muslims and to give them empty illusions with
no grounds. Even during a small talk, they always try to impose negative suggestions
and put great effort to lure Muslims in satan's trap. Their purpose is to harm Mus-
lims spiritually by ruining their happiness, peace and health. God describes this
evil and insidious characteristic of hypocrites in the Qur'an as such:
From the evil of the insidious whisperer who whispers in people's breasts.
(Surat an-Nas, 4-5)

In this verse, God emphasizes that hypocrites commit these acts 'treacherously'.

Indeed, hypocrites really put on sly efforts to spread doubt into the hearts of

believers and they make thorough plan for this purpose. Without being noticed,

they approach in great secrecy and pretend to have a pretty normal conversation

but at the same time they hide threads of negative inculcations in between their

sentences with. For instance; they pretend to make a compliment but actually

underline a disadvantage of a person. In this way they wish to disturb, humiliate

and embarrass that person, in their own feeble minds. For instance, while they

are saying how much they admire the height of the person they talk to, they try to

imply how weird and extraordinary it is to be such a tall person through an example

they give. By doing so, they aim at spreading doubt and worry into that person's

heart. They think that a few words sneakily added into the sentence, a few

analogy and a cynical mimic in the face will help them spread queries into that

person's heart.
Hypocrites use this very same stratagem to give rise to doubts about God, the
Qur'an, prophets and Muslims in the hearts of the Muslims. They try to spread
satan's whispers in to the believers' hearts and thus to weaken their faith by hiding
hypocritical mentality and irreliogiosity under an Islamic tone in their conver-
sations. They want believers to have doubts about God's justice, destiny, blessings
God promised, the reality of the hereafter, lawful and unlawful deeds, orders declared

in the Qur'an and Muslims' behaviors. However, they do so in a very sneaky way;

in other words, they don't question these beliefs or make negative comments openly.

Through their dark brains and insidious ways, they gradually try to implant
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