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THE PROFOUND DARKNESS OF THE HYPOCRITE

that by conveying all sorts of information they obtain from believers that is big or
small, significant or insignificant, to the other hypocrites and unbelievers they are
in contact with, they will gain a good reputation and prestige among them. They
think that when they give these people the impression that 'they are prominent in-
dividuals who are in a strategic position and can provide intelligence', unbelievers
will feel admiration for them and present them substantial benefits in return.
Thus, they strive hard to obtain vital information about Muslims and use them to
their detriment.
However, hypocrites' searching such information out of countenance of
Muslims always hit the buffers since Muslims are living an honest, conscious,
pure life with their fear of God. Believers are the ones who always endeavor for
people's salvation, who avoid any kind of sin or vile behavior, who even abstain

from giving harm to an ant and who bring benevolence and abundance to each
community they live in. Their beliefs, notions, actions and lives are all pure and
sincere. Therefore, in this case the only thing that hypocrites can do is to fabricate
scenarios based on slanders regarding Muslims. They try and make a mountain
out of a molehill, transferring fabricated news to their irreligious friends.
In a verse of the Qur'an, God informs about how hypocrites living among the
Muslims 'carry information to unbelievers':

If they had gone out among you, they would have added nothing to you but

confusion. They would have scurried about amongst you seeking to cause

conflict between you, and among you there are some who would have

listened to them. God knows the wrongdoers. (Surat at-Tawba, 47)

In another verse of the Qur'an, by saying "…The satans secretly inspire their
friends to dispute with you..." (Surat al-An'am, 121), God states that deriving per-
sonal interest is not the only reason hypocrites provide information to unbelievers.
As emphasized in the verse with the expression "to dispute with you", what hyp-
ocrites aim to do by remaining among the Muslims is to 'contribute to the efforts
and strength of unbelievers', who constitute the army of satan in his struggle
against God and religion 'by supporting them'. One of the major goals of hypocrites
is to prevent the moral values of Islam from spreading throughout the world by
thwarting the beneficial activities of the Muslims. And they believe that the only
power that is capable of achieving this is unbelievers and their associates, who also
act in a hypocritical manner. Thus, they deliberately spend time among Muslims,
and during that time they maintain constant contact with unbelievers and their
hypocrite friends.

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