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THE PROFOUND DARKNESS OF THE HYPOCRITE

to the way of living of those who have no faith. Because in their past lives, these
people were living in a community with no fear of God, and they witnessed and ex-
perienced all kinds of evil, relationships based on self-interest and instances of in-
sincerity, lies, hypocrisy, cruelty, and lack of love and respect. They can clearly see
the immense discrepancy between these two lives. On one side, they can experience
love, respect, good morals, friendship, trust and sincerity in the most splendid way;
while on the other, they only encounter pain, distress, misery and cruelty. Despite
this clear truth, the reason that these people feel veneration and longing for their

ADNAN OKTAR: Hypocrites tend to return to their old lives
and old beliefs at the first opportunity they get. It is always
in their mind, they can't get rid of it. Even after becoming
a Muslim, they still want to go back to their old treacher-
ous, adventurous, thievish, despicable, dishonest and dis-
reputable ways. For example, as soon as the Prophet
Moses (pbuh) leaves, those who follow the Prophet Moses
(pbuh) out of Egypt immediately built a statue of a calf
due to their desire to go back for the Pharaoh's culture.
They wanted to get back to their old religion, the religion
of Egypt. They said, "We miss the food, we miss that life,
we miss that culture." However, they were tortured there
with whips. They were continuously humiliated in Egypt.
Pharaoh made them work in 50 degrees Celsius under the sun; it is still the same in
Egypt. They gave them ropes to pull, oily ropes with a diameter of 10 cm. They were
told to hold onto those ropes to pull 50-60 tons of rocks. They slid the rocks over oily
wooden planks and carried them on their backs; if they failed to do it, they were
whipped. They were paid a small amount in the evenings, when the work was over.
With that money, they went to buy onions, garlic and various Egyptian foods with let-
tuce and they ate that Egyptian food and basically were humiliated due to how little
they were paid. The Prophet Moses (pbuh) said, "Do you desire this despicable thing?"

and asked, "Do you do all that just for this?"
Hypocrites are very debased and characterless. They can't forget their past lives, they
go full circle and eventually still end up there. They always have their mind on the life
of unbelievers, their past lives. In Egypt, calf statues are made by leaving some space
in the front and in the back; in their mouths and at their back side. When the wind
blows, these calf statues make a sound similar to a lowing sound. In strong winds of
course, not normal ones. These statues are specifically made like that, just because
they are wannabes. Hypocrites want that statue to experience that culture, that
lifestyle. Calf statue, or bull statue, was a "symbol of wealth" back then. It was a sign of
being rich and affluent. On the streets and squares there were a lot of bull statues.
Because of that, unbelievers are really into those kind of things. The path that was
leading to the palace of the Pharaoh were full of calf statues on each side. The
Qur'an's longest surah is Surat al-Baqara. It means "bull, cow". And this is what it is
talking about. (A9 TV, January 25 , 2016)
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