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every one of their speeches and acts in the hereafter. Therefore, they don't feel un-
comfortable at all when their deficiencies or mistakes are brought up. On the con-
trary, they see it as a good opportunity to improve their morality and behavior and
will rejoice at it.
Since the hypocrites' dirty world is full of deceit and demonic ruses, they
feel extremely uneasy with the possibility of these schemes being noticed and

revealed. Due to this fear, they spend their life among Muslims 'sulking in corners,

hiding in darkness, and sneaking and attempting to do things in secrecy'. 'The

fear of getting caught and the resulting agitation and nervousness' dominate

their entire mood. Even a trivial matter will be enough to make them terrified, as
they will think they are 'caught'. They will doubt everything; if someone passing

by looks at them, or someone makes an eye contact with them, or if two people

are privately conversing, they will assume that they are all about and against

them. They make life a living hell for themselves, constantly fearing that a subject

will be brought up about them and their plans will be foiled. There is not even a

single moment they can experience peace, serenity and happiness. Doubts, fears

and anxiety dominate their whole lives. In the Qur'an, this fearful world of the

hypocrites is explained as follows:

…If fear comes, you see them looking at you, their eyes rolling like people

scared to death. (Surat al-Ahzab, 19)

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As they try to carry out their evil actions covertly and slyly, the hypocrites live
with the constant fear of being found out by the Muslims. They are terrified that
Muslims find out about their betrayal, their secret contacts with unbelievers and
the way they secretly provide intelligence to those unbelievers or about how they
concoct plots against Muslims. They take extreme measures to keep their cover
intact until they achieve their ultimate goals and leave the side of Muslims of their
own volition. Before departing from the company of Muslims, they wish to exploit
the means of Muslims as much as possible, financially or spiritually; and to collect
as much vital information as they can, which they hope, will help them get in the
good graces of certain unbeliever circles. Instead of living their lives with like-
minded unbelievers, they choose to stay with Muslims to benefit from the safety,
peace and welfare they provide, while on the other hand they improve their insidious
alliance with the unbelievers.

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