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Satan's Faction: The Hypocrites
smile, while others may appear neurotic. Each is more repulsive and
unpleasant than the last. Combining their distorted facial expres-
sions with their bodily dysfunction, they can easily be recognized.
This is indicated in the Qur'an:
If We wished, We would show them to you and you would
know them by their mark and know them by their ambiva-
lent speech. Allah knows your actions. (Surah Muhammad,
30)

They Believe They Are on the True Path
In addition to their corrupt thinking, as well as doubts and un-
sound logic, the hypocrites share still another characteristic in com-
mon, being again an incomprehensible self-delusion. Hypocrites
actually believe themselves to be on the true path.
The reason why hypocrites believe this of themselves is re-
vealed in the Qur'an. Hypocrites, in actuality, are under the sway of
Satan, having become his friends. One so close to Satan as to be his
friend will, evidently, behave much under his influence. So effective
is this influence that it makes hypocrites falsely believe that they are
on the true path. This Allah has revealed in the Qur'an:
If someone shuts his eyes to the remembrance of the All-
Merciful, We assign him a Satan who becomes his bosom
friend. They debar them from the path, yet they still think
they are guided. (Surat az-Zukhruf, 36-37)
One group He guided; but another group got the misguid-
ance they deserved. They took the satans as friends instead
of Allah and thought that they were guided. (Surat al-A`raf,
30)
As we may observe from these verses, no hypocrite will ever ac-

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