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THE PROFOUND DARKNESS OF THE HYPOCRITE

cerity on account of their not believing their words. They accuse Muslims of being
unjust, believing the words of another party and unfairly protecting others. There

is no end to their lies and their disgusting behaviors. Since they are unable to

control their anger, they constantly cast the same aspersions about Muslims and
try to defame them until they can create a negative opinion about them. What
they want is to hear Muslims say, "Yes, you were right, this person is really a bad

person, this person is crooked and insincere, we no longer trust or love him."

The hypocrites would only feel relieved if they could see that they succeeded to
wear down that love.
In the Qur'an, God tells us that hypocrites are also "impeders of good" (Surat
al-Qalam, 12). One of their methods is their attempt to impede any kind of good
deed with sly and ignominious methods. They would want to impede anything

good and auspicious that Muslims would relish, that would be a blessing for them,

that would make them happy and bring them peace. Since 'love' is one of those

blessings that Muslims regard as the most important, the hypocrites certainly try to
banish this benevolence and beauty from Muslims.

However, the believers would never change their opinions about a faithful

person because of some lies that are merely the products of an evil mind. On the

contrary, because of the ignominious attitude they have adopted towards that
faithful person and the perfidious lies they have invented, Muslims' love and com-

passion towards that particular person would increase even further.

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Muslims are informed of the envious character of the hypocrites with the fol-
lowing verse of the Qur'an; "If something good happens to you, it galls them."
(Surah Al 'Imran, 120). As God drew our attention by saying "it galls them", the

comfort, peace, brotherhood of Muslims make the hearts of the hypocrites heavy.
When anything good happens to them, the hypocrites become insanely jealous and
angry. Muslims' success, their becoming more healthier, stronger and attractive
would madden the hypocrites. Likewise, Muslims' getting richer, living in fi-
nancial wealth, possessing even more blessings would also disturb the hypocrites
terribly.
So much so that, when Muslims are blessed with any material or spiritual
beauty, the hypocrites may even physically fall ill because of their anger and jeal-
ousy. Sometimes their blood pressure rises because of their anger, their heads ache,
their stomachs fall ill. They would have a devastating stress and grievance on them.
The spiritual pain they feel gets hold of their bodies. Muslims' love for one another,
their being healthy, vigorous, young and beautiful, their effective works and
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