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tellectual struggle of Muslims'. By all means, hypocrites are of evil intelligence
and cunning nature. Therefore, when they do not want to do something, they
would not directly say, 'no, I cannot do it'. They always put forward an excuse,
which is 'false but difficult to be proven the contrary'. So, they would say, "I

cannot do this due to such reasons". When hypocrites speak this way, they in fact

start implementing their plan devised cunningly stage by stage. When their contri-

butions are requested for a work that may be for the benefit of Muslims, hypocrites

do not reject it immediately. First, they accept the suggested work with an im-

provised show of great joy and false contentment. Then, by means of postponing

this work for a very long time, they try to make Muslims forget about it. And in

the meantime, they do not ever work on this topic. After sometime, when they

are asked of the whereabouts of that work, they negligently respond, 'I wasn't able

to do it as I did not have much time'. Through all that period, they have actually

cheated on Muslims and put them in a difficult position in the last moment when

they considered the work would have been accomplished a long time ago.

This is indeed one of the ruses the hypocrites carry out in order to give an un-

fitted impression. Hypocrites have so many other lies similar to this one. For

instance, when they are requested to write about a topic, hypocrites claim 'they

really would like to help, but do not have the right skills to compose an article'.

If they are asked to make a research on the Internet about something, hypocrites

would say 'they had no proficiency to make research and never had success in

doing it'. Supposedly, hypocrites do not know how to write or how to search for

something online. This time, when they are asked 'to help with an image', hypocrites

would then say, 'the program they need to use slows down the computer so much

that they really cannot help'. There is no limit to the fake excuses, which are in re-

ality only lies that hypocrites come up with. When a solution is offered to every

single excuse they make, then they feel obliged to accept that task. But obviously

hypocrites will come up with another lie to avoid providing the needed help to

Muslims. They will either say, 'they were not able to work on the project because

they got sick' or that "they spared a great time to work on it, but the result was

not satisfactory'. Or, they will bring something of no use and claim 'they really

tried but that was all they could do'. Hypocrites will maintain that 'they used all

within their power but their knowledge was not enough'. Therefore, the result of

their work will never meet the expected success.

Sometimes, hypocrites have to do something useful in order to disguise their

true nature but even then, they are very careful about the tasks they will fulfill.
They would never be willing take part in efforts which will offer a great benefit to
Islam. Hypocrites particularly pick up minor tasks that will not exhaust them, or
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