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Harun Yahya

state they are in, even though there is no justification for such a reac-
tion. The words spoken may have nothing to do with them. Or be-
cause of their irritability, such people may completely
misunderstand what is said to them. Instead of seeing the sense in
what is said, they draw totally unwarranted conclusions and use
these to fuel their resentment.
Those around them cannot understand why irritable people be-
have as they do because they seldom say openly what they are
vexed about, what is upsetting them. Other bystanders try various
methods of working out the problem, but most of the time they can-
not figure out why these people have been offended.
One of the reasons for such people's irritability is that they do
not regard those around them as friends and do not trust them.
Invariably they interpret others' words and behavior as hostile.
Another reason is these people's lack of tranquility and the insincer-
ity inside. Because they are aware of their own unscrupulousness,
they think others may notice it and throw it up to them at any mo-
ment.
Allah tells us of this characteristic of hypocritical people:
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 against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them.
May Allah destroy them! How they are perverted! (Surat al-
Munafiqun: 4)
Some people who do not really take offense deliberately behave
as though they did and from this, try to derive an undeserved ad-
vantage. By sulking, they want to make the person they are speaking
with feel sorry and back down. Believers do not stoop to such meth-
ods. In the morality of the Qur'an, if the other person behaves igno-

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