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is something hypocrites would be insanely jealous of. Among Muslims there is a
profound affection, an earnest friendship and a candid understanding of broth-
erhood the like of which could never be found among unbelievers. The hypocrites

bear witness to and are jealous of this love every second they are with Muslims.

Muslims' intense love for one another disturbs them. With various plots, they

slyly strive to destroy this love and set Muslims against one another. They try to

harm Muslims' love for one another and disrupt their brotherhood, unity and

friendship by picking up fights, lying, slandering, bandying about or making sar-

castic jokes.

Not wanting the believers to live by this love, the hypocrites wouldn't want

Muslims to spend time with their loved ones either. They try to stop people

coming to Muslims and prevent their meeting. By drawing Muslims into unnec-

essary talk and taking up their precious time, by causing distress in their environ-

ment, they aim to prevent Muslims' meeting and spending time with their loved

ones.

This jealousy of the hypocrites is painted out in Surah Yusuf in the Qur'an.

The fact that the Prophet Joseph (pbuh) was remarkably beautiful - even in childhood

- caused his brothers to feel a formidable jealousy of him. Feeling enraged thinking
that their father loved him more, they set a trap for the Prophet Joseph (pbuh) and
devised a plan to kill him. Yet, they tried to show themselves as 'brothers who only
have good intentions in their hearts,' to their father. The truth is that they clearly
wanted to do harm in a treacherous manner.

When they declared, "Why! Joseph and his brother are dearer to our father
than we are although we constitute a powerful group. Our father is clearly
making a mistake. Kill Joseph or expel him to some land so that your father
will look to you alone and then you can be people who do right." (Surah
Yusuf, 8-9)

It is clearly understood from the verses that the Prophet Joseph's (pbuh) brothers

were distant from religious morality and considered treachery, setting cunning

traps and committing murder as quite reasonable and legitimate. Their claim to
desire their father's love was a complete 'lie'; those cruel and ruthless people show-
ing the characteristics of hypocrites and secretly planning to kill a radiant, immac-

ulate little boy, who is their full brother, obviously knew nothing about love.
Just like the Prophet Joseph's (pbuh) brothers, the hypocrites of our time also
feel extremely jealous of Muslims' loving one another and try to prevent this bond
making use of any means. It should be noted here that their goal is not to experience
the love they are jealous of; on the contrary they think that love is of no use because

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