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THE PROFOUND DARKNESS OF THE HYPOCRITE

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If We wished, We would show them to you and you would know them by

their mark and know them by their ambivalent speech. God knows your

actions. (Surah Muhammad, 30)

In this verse, God says "If We wished, We would show them to you." A
Muslim can never make a definitive diagnosis about anyone and call him "a
hypocrite." That is because no one is empowered to know the actual sincerity and
faith in one's heart. This knowledge lies only in God's Sight. Concluding in this
world that a person is a hypocrite is the same as saying that person is definitely
doomed to go to hell. A Muslim can in no way arrive at such a conclusion about

anyone. Believers know that the knowledge regarding this is hidden only in God's
Sight. They also know that without knowing God's decree, it would be unlawful
for them to arrive to such a conclusion. Even when evidence surfaces regarding
one's hypocrisy, a Muslim can only remark, "he has the characteristics of a
hypocrite" or "he displays the morality of a hypocrite." However, God says that
He may relate to His messengers about these insincere people by means of revelation
if He wills so.
Nevertheless, in the same verse God also informs, "you would know them by
their mark." From this verse we understand that 'the filthy, insincere and insidious
soul of the hypocrites is manifested on their faces.' God creates a sign of
hypocrisy, one that can never be concealed, on the face of hypocrites who hide filth
in their hearts. This is how He introduces Muslims to those people with whom
they should be cautious.
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