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In the Qur'an, God reveals that hypocrites would be 'seeking to cause conflict
[fitnah]' (Surat at-Tawba, 47) when they are among Muslims. 'Fitnah', in other
words, strife, is where hypocrites succeed the most because they have a dark and
psychopathic soul just like satan. Since hypocrites are under satan's constant control,
wherever there is sedition, they would follow heatedly. They have no interest in any
act of goodness, kindness, or any affair that would be for the benefit of Muslims,
and they are never willing to pay sincere service to Islam. With an evil urge, they
always tend towards corrupt and repulsive wrongdoings. Negativities, abnor-
malities, deviant manners and thoughts pull at hypocrites like a magnet. They
are predisposed to everything that God is not pleased with and Muslims refrain
from. Irrational and deviant thoughts and behaviors a Muslim cannot even imagine
are very ordinary for a hypocrite.
Muslims live their lives within the boundaries defined by God. They are very
meticulous in living by the moral values of the Qur'an. They think in conformity
with the Qur'an and live a life that God is pleased with. Unbelievers are, however,
people 'who have no boundaries', 'who set their own rules' and 'who do not rec-
ognize the morality described in the Qur'an.' Yet, they openly tell what they think,
how they see things and live without hiding their opinion from others.

The dangerous aspect about hypocrites is that 'they hide their real thoughts

but appear as Muslims.' They are double-faced and insidious. Even though they

seem like Muslims on the surface, they have another evil character inside. In one

verse, God reveals this aspect about hypocrites as follows, "When you see them,

their outward form appeals to you, and if they speak you listen to what they say.

But they are like propped-up planks of wood. They imagine every cry to be

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