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THE SOLUTION TO SECRET SORROWS

to be protected against them is to purge oneself of insincerity in this
world and try to achieve honesty towards Allah and the faithful.

People Who Use Facial Expressions and Gestures
to Express the Insincerities They Do Not Say
Should Fear What State Their Faces May Take
in the Hereafter
Those unable to behave in ways the Qur'an tells us are wrong
openly, but do so covertly with their facial expressions or gestures
should think about the repayment they will receive in the Hereafter.
If Allah wills, they can be reduced to a state in which they cannot
use their facial muscles when they want to. Even if they can, their
faces may take on an appearance that conveys no honesty or sincer-
ity. They should recall that in the verses of the Qur'an, one way in
which Allah repays the companions of Hell is by discrediting such
people with a torment targeting their faces:
We pursued them with a curse in this world and on the Day
of Resurrection they will be hideous and spurned. (Surat
al-Qasas: 42)
And faces that Day will be glowering. (Surat al-Qiyama:
24)
We will brand him on the snout! (Surat al-Qalam: 16)
Has news of the Overwhelmer reached you? Some faces on
that Day will be downcast, laboring, toiling endlessly,
roasting in a red-hot Fire. (Surat al-Ghashiyya: 1-4)
Everybody should think of this payback which Allah tells us of
and make efforts to protect themselves from insincerity and acquire
the straightforward behavior characteristic of pious believers. In ad-
dition, in order to avoid such a punishment in the Hereafter, it is
everyone's responsibility to act as a believer in this world.

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