Page 23 - The Evil Called Mockery

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) 21

is as though they are trying to create the impression that what he is
wearing is very unpleasant and unfashionable. In fact, they are
doing it simply out of envy. Such people are jealous of those who
possess what they want for themselves and think that they are tak-
ing their revenge on them by mocking them. People who do not live
by the Qur'an's morality also make fun of each other's minor physi-
cal defects: having big or small hands or feet, being bald, being very
thin or very fat, being shortsighted and having to wear glasses, or
not being able to hear well. Women, especially among themselves,
mock the style and color of their friends' hair. In short, people who
do not live according to the Qur'an's morality can find enough am-
munition to mock just about anything and anyone. Their everyday
lives are filled with examples of this, since they begin to mock others
as soon as they meet them. For example, if the person is well dressed
on that particular day, they make her uncomfortable by implying
that she is overdressed by asking: "Where are you going … to a
wedding?" Or when someone politely asks an acquaintance "How
are you?" he responds in a mocking tone: "Why, were you worried
about my health?" They are offended when they are treated the
same way, but they never think of giving up such behavior, because
they consider it to be natural. This type of mockery is often encoun-
tered when friends talk among themselves, for friends continually
make fun of those close to them behind their backs.
In particular, mocking a clumsy person is a great source of en-
tertainment. On birthdays or other special occasions, they make
jokes about the presents they did not like, saying that the giver has
chosen a cheap gift or made a tasteless choice.
Such mockery may not always be obvious, for one of the most
widespread methods is mocking by implication via barbed words
and meaningful glances. In particular, because they cannot directly