Page 58 - The Profound Darkness of the Hypocrite

THE PROFOUND DARKNESS OF THE HYPOCRITE

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As God informs us in the Qur'an with the verse, "Do those who take unbe-
lievers as protectors, rather than the believers hope to find power and strength

with them? Power and strength belong entirely to God." (Surat an-Nisa', 139),

hypocrites deem unbelievers powerful, not the believers. Due to such an outlook,

hypocrites consider the irreligious superior to Muslims in every aspect of the

worldly life. They think that the only way to achieve power and honor, and earn a
reputation is to side with unbelievers. "In their own weak minds, they inadequately

assume and associate "high quality" with those who are irreligious, while they asso-

ciate Muslims as "low quality" individuals who will not benefit them.

As hypocrites consider Muslims lacking in quality and unbelievers to be of

high-quality, they aspire after the irreligious way of life and define all of their
depraved moral values as supposedly 'modern'. They admire the haughty, impi-

ous attitudes and discourse of unbelievers and try to be like them. They aspire

after the demeanor of unbelievers who act as if they are unattainably superior

in quality, who bare no respect and love for anyone, who think little of everyone,

and cause mischief among society through caustic comments and attitudes.

They seek to earn a place among unbelievers, to be one of them and to live like

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However, the people God deems 'superior' both in this world and the here-
after are the Muslims. God grants the believers who have sincerely submitted

themselves to Him a sense of wisdom and aesthetics that will help them achieve the

highest level of quality. The life of the Prophet Solomon (pbuh) bears a striking ex-
ample of this attribute of Muslims. God bestowed the Prophet Solomon (pbuh)
with a great splendor and prosperity, and granted him a life of power and quality.

Every sincere Muslim who has ever lived enjoyed both a supreme quality in per-

sonality, and experienced all the things that are material and spiritual in their

highest quality.

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Hypocrites never want to be seen as Muslims, and feel ashamed of being rec-
ognized as Muslims (surely all the Muslims are beyond such thoughts). When they

are in places where there are no believers present or they think they are away

from believers' sight, hypocrites act as if they are one of unbelievers. While they

loathe to be seen with Muslims, they are filled with joy when they are associated
with unbelievers. They seek to show off with their association with the irreligious.
This outlook of theirs is also the reason behind their sharing posts on their social
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