Page 71 - The Profound Darkness of the Hypocrite

A D N A N O K TA R ( H A R U N Y A H Y A )

other activity. And sometimes, to be able to get away from an environment where
there are Muslims, they plan to make their secret phone calls in the bathroom.
And while they are speaking with unbelievers in the bathroom in whispers, they
intend to prevent their voices from being heard by turning on the water or
switching on the blow-dryer, in an attempt to hide their sneaky activities. After
that, before heading out of the bathroom, they make certain that they have deleted
all the records of their conversations with unbelievers.
If they encounter a problem while communicating with unbelievers using such
technological means, this time, hypocrites try to come up with different ways by
exploring other possibilities around them. For example, if their computer is out in
the open, or if shutting themselves away in a room with their cell phones will
draw a lot of attention, hypocrites try to get in touch with their friends among

the irreligious via an Internet-connected TV or music player named 'iPod'. Mas-
tering the technologies many people are not familiar with just for this purpose,

hypocrites connect to another fellow hypocrite or a friend among unbelievers
via the cameras installed in smart TV's. Or via these TV's, they establish com-
munications through many programs that allow live broadcasts such as YouTube
or Facebook behind Muslims' back.
Hypocrites never find it a nuisance to go through all these troubles in the dark
of the night just to make friends with unbelievers under such hard conditions. On
the contrary, this fills them with an evil vitality, excitement and dynamism. Every
stealthy scheme they carry out behind Muslims' back boosts their confidence in
their intelligence and their foolish conviction of their superiority. Here is where
the malicious pleasure hypocrites take from committing such sinister ruses stems
from.
For hypocrites, gaining a reputation and enjoying prestige among unbelievers
is a 'matter of life and death'. Thinking that unbelievers will hold them in high es-
teem if they provide as much information as possible, hypocrites seek to make use
of every single moment towards that end and they go to great lengths and resort to
all kinds of insidious methods to be able to continue gathering intelligence without
being exposed.
However, while getting into such a difficult and cruddy endeavoring, hypocrites
are not aware of this important truth. Muslims are already the ones who live their
lives in the glare of publicity, spend life compatible with moral values of the
Qur'an and who live their every moment to be means for goodness and beauty.
They fear God, therefore they avoid every kind of negative behaviors; they stand
against all kinds of persecution, illegal and dark deeds. Therefore, no matter
how much hypocrites endeavor for collecting information against Muslims and

69