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A D N A N O K TA R ( H A R U N Y A H Y A )

QUESTION: Would someone who listens
to the signs of hypocrisy and reforms
himself be a hypocrite?
ADNAN OKTAR: He would never be a
hypocrite. If he is affected by the
verses about hypocrites, then he is a
Muslim. He can't be a hypocrite. There
are some of our brothers who ask, "Am

I a hypocrite?" Does this verse make

any impact on you? If so, then you

cannot be a hypocrite. If he mocks

the verses of the Qur'an, if he continues
to deride them and ignore them, may
God forbid, then he is a hypocrite. If
you are affected by them, then you
are a radiant believer. The one who is
affected is called a 'believer' because

signs of hypocrisy may manifest itself

in every Muslim. This applies to everyone without exception. It may exist not in

a particular person or a group but it exists in every Muslim. Yet only Muslims are

affected by the verses of the Qur'an. Only Muslims take them personally. If he
takes them personally and corrects himself, if he says, "this addresses me, I
should reform myself", then he is a pure believer. But if he mocks, laughs up his
sleeve and does not attach any importance to, or if he furthermore is surprised
by, the attitude of believers, then he is a hypocrite. The verses about hypocrites
concern believers. A hypocrite just laughs them off. Those verses exist so that

we can diagnose those people. If a believer is affected, that means that God

is guiding him, that He gives him beauty and healing. (A9 TV, May 19 , 2016)
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QUESTION: Can a believer question himself with hypocrisy?
ADNAN OKTAR: If a believer questions himself with hypocrisy, then he is not a
hypocrite. A hypocrite never attributes hypocrisy to himself. He is insolent; he

pretends as if he has not understood anything. A hypocrite is dishonorable. But

a believer fears it a lot. He seeks refuge in God and prays that no signs of

hypocrisy and irreligion ever manifest themselves in him. He reads the signs of

hypocrisy and shares them with others, warning them: "let us all avoid the signs
of hypocrisy." But a hypocrite acts as if such an issue never existed; he never
accepts such an issue. If someone brings up the subject, he never turns it upon
himself. Instead, a hypocrite continues his hypocrisy and impudence with a
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totally satanic religion. (A9 TV, January 23 , 2016)

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