Page 201 - The Profound Darkness of the Hypocrite

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wish and share memories and details about their lives with people. However, with
all these attitudes, hypocrites' aim is very different than irreligious people's.
For hypocrites, the important thing is not 'what is beneficial or what is right'.
For them, it is sufficient if 'the majority practices it' and if 'it is accepted showy by
the unbelievers'. Apart from that, they don't do any evaluation by using their intel-
ligence, conscience, sense of delectation, art, and aesthetics. Therefore, their choices
about life or posts they share on social media don't reflect their actual appreciation,
taste or thoughts. They practice these just because 'everyone does likewise'. Their
aim is to 'call the attention of whom they want to impress among irreligious
people'. Irreligious people may listen good music, wear elegant clothes or choose
really good furniture to decorate their homes. However, while hypocrites imitate
these, they listen to that music not because they like it. Or they buy the same
furniture the unbelivers buy not because they sincerely like it. They prefer these
only 'to be respected' in the eyes of people who are considered to be 'ostentatious'
in irreligious societies. And due to the same point of view, most of the time they
prefer extremely tasteless, meaningless, depressing, gloomy and even dreadful music
or objects without any hesitation just because irreligious people whom they admire

like those things.

To that end, they finely observe each attitude and choice of the people they

emulate. For example, they especially determine the figures followed by those they

covet, such as authors, politicians, opinion leaders that the unbelievers consider

as important and respected. After figuring out the list, hypocrites follow their

social media accounts one by one. Hypocrites have actually no interest in the

opinions and identities of these people. All they are interested in is to look like

one of them and appear to have considered these people important. They want to

adopt the image of someone important by following example of these people so

that the people who follow their accounts in the social media shall say 'these are

people with a strong background; with great intellectual and general knowledge;

someone who is very open-minded with a great vision'.

Actually, the mentality of hypocrites is completely based on the importance of

'titles' and 'what the others say', which is a habit they cannot let go. For them what

the others "say" is the most important matters of all. Hypocrites meticulously plan

the impression on people when people visit their social media site even though

these are some people he will never meet. Hypocrites never want to present them-

selves as devout Muslims. On the contrary, they want to give the feeling that 'they
are open to being an unbeliever; they are not committed to the orders in the

Qur'an, they don't share the same opinions and ideals with Muslims; they have

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