{"id":26019,"date":"2017-10-18T03:20:46","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T03:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/the-hypocrites-and-the-fitnah-they-cause\/"},"modified":"2017-10-18T03:20:46","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T03:20:46","slug":"the-hypocrites-and-the-fitnah-they-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/the-hypocrites-and-the-fitnah-they-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hypocrites and the Fitnah They Cause"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0<\/strong>Harun Yahya<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"hypocrites\"<\/a><\/p>\n

They make an effort to reduce such treachery to insignificance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In Surat Al-Baqarah, verses 191 and 217, Allah states fitnah<\/em> to be \u201cworse than slaughter<\/strong>\u201d. To have a better understanding of fitnah<\/em> as an offense, it would be helpful to examine the case of \u201ckilling a man\u201d, an offense described by the Qur\u2019an.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf a man kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, to abide therein (forever): And the wrath and the curse of Allah are upon him, and a dreadful penalty is prepared for him.\u201d<\/strong> (Al-Nisa\u2019<\/a>, 93)<\/p>\n

Actually, here, fitnah<\/em> has a meaning other than \u201ctrial\u201d. It is used for all acts and deeds leading man astray.<\/p>\n

The Qur\u2019an especially refers to hypocrites as the ones who \u201ccause fitnah<\/strong>\u201d. Allah informs us that hypocrites practice many forms of fitnah<\/em>; they basically try to prevent believers from involving themselves in war, hatch plans against the Messenger and believers, and try to make them lose their sense of commitment.<\/p>\n

Hypocrites misinterpret the verses, or rather distort the interpretation of verses and only comply with them, if they are of benefit to them. Believers, on the other hand, assume a totally different attitude; they demonstrate complete submission whatever the circumstances may be.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe it is Who has sent down the Book to you: In it are verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning); they are the foundation of the Book: others are allegorical. But those who have perversity in their hearts follow the part of it that is allegorical, seeking discord, and searching for its hidden meanings, but no one knows its hidden meanings except Allah. And those who are firmly grounded in knowledge say: \u201cWe believe in the Book; the whole of it is from our Lord.\u201d And none will grasp the message except men of understanding.\u201d<\/strong> (Aal `Imran<\/a>, 7)<\/p>\n

The basic characteristic of hypocrites is their indulgence in fitnah<\/em>. The Arabic version of the word \u201chypocrite\u201d is \u201cmunafiq<\/em>\u201d, which means \u201cthe one who makes a division.\u201d Dividing believers is a fitnah<\/em> as well as a great sin. There are verses in the Qur\u2019an stating that hypocrites try to practice fitnah<\/em> among believers:<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they had come out with you, they would not have added to your (strength) but only (made for) disorder, hurrying to and fro in your midst and sowing sedition among you, and there would have been some among you who would have listened to them. But Allah knows well those who do wrong.\u201d<\/strong> (Al-Tawbah<\/a>, 47)<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd if an entry had been effected to them from the sides of the (city), and they had been incited to sedition, they would certainly have brought it to pass, but with a brief delay!\u201d<\/strong> (Al-Ahzab<\/a>, 14)<\/p>\n

\u201cIndeed they had plotted sedition before, and upset matters for you, until the truth arrived, and the decree of Allah became manifest, much to their disgust.\u201d<\/strong> (Al-Tawbah<\/a>, 47-48)<\/p>\n

Should their plans be disclosed to believers, hypocrites plotting against the Messenger and believers try to convince believers of their innocence. They make an effort to reduce such treachery to insignificance. They surely go in great fear of believers and punishment, and thus conduct themselves as if they have never committed an offence. Moreover, they ask believers not to treat them like other hypocrites and demand the continuance of their relations.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmong them is (many) a man who says: \u201cGrant me exemption and do not expose me to temptation. Have they not succumbed to temptation already?\u201d And indeed hell surrounds the unbelievers on all sides.\u201d<\/strong> (Al-Tawbah<\/a>, 49)<\/p>\n

The verse asserts that hypocrites are liars and are involved in fitnah<\/em>, just like others. Allah warns believers not to be deceived by their fraud.<\/p>\n

Unbelievers and hypocrites will suffer the most grievous penalty in the hell in return to the fitnah<\/em> they have caused:<\/p>\n

\u201cTaste this your trial, the punishment which you have sought to hasten!\u201d<\/strong> (Al-Dhariyat<\/a>, 14)<\/p>\n

———-<\/p>\n

Harun Yahya<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0was born in Ankara in 1956. He studied arts at Istanbul\u2019s Mimar Sinan University and philosophy at Istanbul University. Since the 1980s, the author has published many books on political, faith-related and scientific issues. Harun Yahya is well known as an author who has written very important works disclosing the imposture of evolutionists, the invalidity of their claims and the dark liaisons between Darwinism and bloody ideologies. Some of the books of the author have been translated into English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Albanian, Arabic, Polish, Russian, Bosnian, Indonesian, Turkish, Tatar, Urdu and Malay and published in the countries concerned. Harun Yahya\u2019s books appeal to all people, Muslims, and non-Muslims alike, regardless of their age, race, and nationality, as they center around one goal: to open the readers\u2019 mind by presenting the signs of Gods eternal existence to them.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The basic characteristic of hypocrites is their indulgence in fitnah. The Arabic version of the word \u201chypocrite\u201d is \u201cmunafiq\u201d, which means \u201cthe one who makes a division.\u201d Dividing believers is a fitnah as well as a great sin. There are verses in the Qur\u2019an stating that hypocrites try to practice fitnah among believers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[419],"tags":[494,16407,16408,16409,7,16410,7971,1270,16411,995,335,16412,16413],"class_list":["post-26019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-truth-seeker","tag-allah","tag-cause-fitnah","tag-discord","tag-division","tag-featured","tag-fitnah","tag-hell-fire","tag-messenger","tag-munafiq","tag-punishment","tag-quran","tag-the-hypocrites-and-the-fitnah-they-cause","tag-torment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/The-Hypocrites-and-the-Fitnah-They-Cause.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/The-Hypocrites-and-the-Fitnah-They-Cause.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}