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THE PROFOUND DARKNESS OF THE HYPOCRITE

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All their lives, hypocrites ceaselessly work against Muslims. Day and night,
they sit and contemplate what evil deeds they will commit. From the moment

they wake up until they fall asleep, they pursue their insincere, insidious and

treacherous agendas. They try to the best of their abilities to covertly wear down

the efforts of Muslims and cause disturbance among them. But as they are incapable

of blatantly carrying out these plans until their heart's content, they do so using
sneaky methods to the best of their abilities. Otherwise, hypocrites are 'cowardly

and malicious' creatures. When they have the means or when they get even the

smallest chance, they engage in all sorts of evil activities that might harm the Mus-

lims. They can do absolutely anything that, in their feeble minds, will be to Muslims'

detriment.
God informs us, in a verse of the Qur'an, that the main purpose of hypocrites

is to conduct activities to the detriment of the Muslims:

As for those who have set up a mosque, causing harm and strengthening
unbelief, to create division between the believers, and in readiness for those
who previously made war on God and His Messenger, they will swear, 'We
only desired the best.' But God bears witness that they are truly liars. (Surat
at-Tawba, 107)

God informs us in this verse that hypocrites act with the purpose of 'causing

harm and strengthening unbelief'. The form of the harm they cause varies ac-

cording to the capabilities hypocrites possess. If they are capable, they seek to do

the most material and spiritual damage as possible. Even when they do not have

the means to do so, they will still absolutely try to do something to the detriment of

the Muslims, even if it is on a small scale. Sometimes by 'lying, defaming, speaking

in an aggressive, offensive, snobbish and arrogant tone, or through selfish or

lazy behavior', or sometimes by 'occupying Muslims by taking up their time with

idle activities, and trying to wear them out by depriving them of sleep', they
make an effort to cause disturbance and discomfort among Muslims.
And another one of hypocrites' efforts to the detriment of the Muslims that
God informs about later on in the verse is 'strengthening unbelief'. Hypocrites
wish to be able to 'harm Islam, to weaken the Muslims, to make profanity, insin-
cerity, and the moral values of the irreligious prevalent' to the best of their ability.
They participate in all ventures and activities that, they believe, will be effective in
their fight against Islam. They gather information from the Muslims and convey
them to unbelievers to help unbelievers become more powerful. They carry out
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