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An important characteristic of hypocrites is that, 'they do not seek God's

favor', instead 'they are after personal gain.' Whenever they wish to plot a route

for themselves, first and foremost they always think 'Who can I side with to

increase my personal gain and opportunities?' And in accordance with their cal-
culations, they always side with the party who they deem as stronger and that has
more reputation.
In a verse, God reveals, "They vacillate between the two – not joining these
or joining those…" (Surat an-Nisa', 143) God informs us that whichever side ac-
quires the power, hypocrites side with them. In whatever era, whoever has the
power and is an unbeliever is the one that hypocrites want to serve. In the era of
Pharaoh, they would serve Pharaoh, and in the era of Nimrod, they would bow to

Nimrod. In other words, 'whoever is the Pharaoh of the era, whichever is the

country of Pharaoh, hypocrites believe in his supremacy and side with him.' To-

day too, 'whichever deep states of the world, evil organizations or malevolent

groups are in power,' hypocrites immediately connect with them. Hypocrites, who

really have a crude soul and a dishonorable character, 'believe that these power
groups are some kind of a savior for them,' and they enter into an evil cooperation
with these groups.
However, if Muslims achieve success, they gracelessly go ahead and say "Were
we not with you?" (Surat al-Hadid, 14) to get closer to them. For their own benefit,

they stealthily continue to act like Muslims for a little longer. And when they think
unbelievers have taken power again, they immediately attempt to form an alliance
with them. In another verse God informs us that, "They say, 'Do we have any say
in the affair at all?'" (Surah Al 'Imran, 154) And we understand that hypocrites are

always 'pre-calculating the personal benefits' they will reap from a friendship or
alliance. If they think that their personal interests lie with Muslims, they will side
with them, but if they wrongly believe their interests lie with unbelievers, they im-
mediately turn to team up with them.
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