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SERMON 193
In description of hypocrites
We praise Allah for the succour He has given us in
carrying out His obedience and in preventing us from disobedience, and we ask Him to
complete His favours (to us) and to make us hold on to His rope. We stand witness that
Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger. He entered every hardship in search of Allah's
pleasure and endured for its sake every grief. His near relations changed themselves for
him and those who were remote from him (in relationship) united against him. The Arabs let
loose the reins (of their horses to quicken their march) against him, and struck the
bellies of their carriers to (rouse them) in fighting against him, so much so that enemies
came to his threshold from the remotest places and most distant areas.
I advise you, O' creatures of Allah, to fear Allah
and I warn you of the hypocrites, because they are themselves misguided and misguide
others, and they have slipped and make others slip too. They change into many colours, and
adopt various ways. They support you with all sorts of supports, and lay in waiting for
you at every lookout. Their hearts are diseased while their faces are clean. They walk
stealthily and tread like the approach of sickness (over the body). Their words speak of
cure, but their acts are like incurable diseases. They are jealous of ease, intensify
distress, and destroy hopes. Their victims are found lying down on every path, while they
have means to approach every heart and they have (false) tears for every grief.
They eulogise each other and expect reward from each
other. When they ask something they insist on it, if they reprove (any one) they disgrace
(him), and if they pass verdict they commit excess. They have adopted for every truth a
wrong way, for every erect thing a bender, for every living being a killer, for every
(closed) door a key and for every night a lamp. They covet, but with despair, in order to
maintain with it their markets, and to popularise their handsome merchandise. When they
speak they create doubts. When they describe they exaggerate. First they offer easy paths
but (afterwards) they make them narrow. In short, they are the party of Satan and the
stings of fire.
Satan hath gained hold on them, so he maketh them
forget the remembrance of Allah; they are Satan's Party; Beware! verily, the party of
Satan are the losers. (Qur'an, 58:19)
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