Examples of individual, organizational and government hypocrisy
Before the revolution [even], when that evil current of the oppressive ruling government pretended to be religious and had no knowledge of religion, some people were oblivious and did not understand. It was strange that even though there were all these manifestations of corruption in that system, [but] just by claiming to be religious in them and a gesture similar to, for example, being religious that sometimes occurred to them, there were some people who carelessly and naively accepted and considered that system to be a religious system, there was nothing religious about it, nothing; The sins of herdsmen also existed, but at the same time, they attributed their deeds to religion. There are similar ones in the world today. How much in these so-called Islamic countries, which of course are not Islamic countries; The Muslim country must say; That is, its people are Muslim, but the country and the government are not Islamic. There are leaders who claim Islam, while in practice, their spending, their behavior, their relations with foreign powers, there is no sign of Islam at all among these seemingly Islamic governments.
There are those who, their oil, their money, their weapons, their powers, if they have influence. Their influence, their territorial facilities, are all at the service of the enemies of Islam, and they are against Islam and Muslims, against the Islamic Republic. Some oblivious people have also accepted, these are Muslims, this is a kind of hypocrisy
و اذا رایتهم تعجبک اجسامهم و ان یقولوا تسمع لقولهم
And if you see them, you will be surprised by their speech, some of their movements are deceptive. We had such a thing before the revolution. Well, this group
Even after the revolution, the same kind of hypocrites did not declare that they are against religion and against the Qur'an; they pretended to believe in the Quran; They used to announce in the name of God, with the verse of the Quran; They didn't say the fact to those they wanted to attract, to the young people they wanted to attract, to the parents of the children who wanted to abuse them and use their money, their homes, their facilities, and their feelings. They said We are Muslims and they used to deceive them. Now, how many of the fathers and mothers of these hypocrites, whether the executed hypocrites, the imprisoned hypocrites, or the fugitive hypocrites, do not know that their children were infidels; why Because he saw that this boy, for example, put a grain of Quran in his pocket, when he went to the prison to meet him, he said, "Father!" I am a Muslim; This is the Quran, so you can buy a Quran and put it in your pocket, even though it is not the proof of Islam. What kind of Muslim is it that a person can claim to be a Muslim and fight with the law of the Quran, and the government of the Quran and the authority of the Quran and the guardian of Islamic affairs and God? Is this a Muslim? This is the example of
و ان یقولوا تسمع لقولهم
and the Prophet is also in danger of neglecting the work of these people, the verse says this and tells us in the first should be careful, speech according to religion always not come from a heart that believes in religion, the language that speaks to religion is not always subject to a heart that is devout to religion. Yes, it was a hundred case may be true, but what about ten other cases? There is a problem between them. May be there are one hundred are right but one case in which this act of speech does not indicate a faith, it indicates expediency, it is opportunism; Because today they like it this way, they act this way. If they go somewhere or live in a time when they like it differently, they will come back and it will be different. The function [of this] is to see how it is desirable and pleasing. Did you pay attention? According to the statement that we have made
"کانهم خشب مسنده"
it follows the first two sentences and is not a separate sentence. So the first two sentences, that is, when you see them, you are amazed by their bodies, when you see them, their appearance
And their body will surprise you; Also, his next sentence
ان یقولوا تسمع لقولهم
, if they speak, you listen to their words; These two sentences show the appearance of a hypocrite; The attractive appearance of the hypocrite; And the third sentence, as if they are good and certified"; It is as if they are propped up sticks or rotted propped up sticks; This tells the inside of the hypocrite. With that appearance, this is their inner self
constant fear of being exposed; Characteristics of hypocrites
Well, another feature is also mentioned in this verse, and that is that despite the normal appearance, they introduced themselves among the Muslims.Their form is the form of Muslims; their work is the work of Muslims. Their words are the words of Muslims, and if you look at one, he does whatever a Muslim does, he also says the same thing, they read the Quran, they have no difference according the appearance, everything he does is the same as a Muslim, but they have one other inner difference, and that is that they go to the same prayer, they go to the same Friday prayer. Calmly settled, fearless, goes to prayer, for example, goes to work, goes to the front, goes to serve the Prophet, goes to the Prophet's mosque; He does everything he has to do and it is very normal, but for him, following this calm appearance, one has a restless inner being, on the surface, he is among the believers, but on the inside, he is always worried that they won't recognize me, now they know me, now they understand my real opinions, now they come after me, now they catch me." This is another characteristic of the hypocrites who count all the truth against them"
یحسبون کل صیحه علیهم
They think that every cry is against them. for example, during the Prophet's time, according to the customs of that time, if someone had lost something in the desert and shouted, O people who found my horse or my camel? And his voice was raised from far away; this hypocrite suddenly shakes, what happened? A hypocrite constantly afraid
If you want to interpret "Yahsaboona kolle saihata alaihem" in a wider circle, it means that wherever any words are spoken, this hypocrite will find them to himself, just like the earlier of revolution, which was really the same; In the sermon of the Friday prayer, in the speeches in the meetings and the like, we talked about those who were fighting against this revolution , at that time, they didn't have any apparent enmity with us, these leaders of the hypocrites would call to say why you said that. We said that we didn't tell you that. We told about the bad people, why did you take to yourselves? Whatever anyone said, they thought it was meant for themselves; It is the same now, if when you talk about hypocrisy and hypocrites, it is about bad people, or about opportunists, or about evil-hearted people, they are calling me; do you mean me." Constantly worried and anxious
Of course, let me tell you this again, there are some people who are not hypocrites, but they are suspicious. We do not say these are hypocrites. If such people, once they hear such words and see their hearts become inflamed, they do not immediately say that [then] it is clear that we are hypocrites; Do not take this as a proof that they are hypocrites; No, there are people who are not really hypocrites, but they attribute every word to themselves immediately. The characteristic of the hypocrites is that every cry is raised from somewhere, they count it against themselves. Well, they count all the truth against them; They think that every shout is directed against them
The hypocrite is more dangerous than the enemy
After he states these, he says
هم العدو
"Homu al-Adoo"; These are the enemies. the complete enemy, the true and calculated enemy is that these are worse than the enemies of appearance
فاحذرهم
Avoid them, be careful; because the enemy is obvious , well, it is clear that it is an enemy, a person is attentive, but that enemy, which looks like a friend, is such that it makes a person forgetful, so the most hostile enemies are those enemies that a person does not warn himself against, this is a very dangerous thing. Beware of these. Therefore, here is the Almighty God warn to the Holy Prophet and in fact to all
God against the hypocrites
قاتلهم الله انی یوفکون
That is, let God get involved with them, don't interpret this as
قتلهم الله
let God kill them." "Qatalahum Allah: means that God will fight with them; May God put them in their place; This is a very big curse with whomever God interferes, he will no longer have comfort. God's conflict with bad people, ugly people, is the most difficult thing that a person can face
Misconceptions about the appearance of hypocrites
انی یوفکون
How do they lie and turn from truth to falsehood? It is characteristic of the hypocrites. Well, in this verse, another line of the hypocrite's face is drawn for us; In addition to the things that have been said before, we should not always look for a hypocrite in ugly, sullen, angry, slanderous, and sharp faces. I remember those times, for example, a person would suddenly discover that someone was Savaki; He is a SAVAK agent; For example, he is an employee of SAVAK; Then, his friend said to this and that, yes, so-and-so is Sawaki. Once he said that yes, he could see it from his appearance, "Now, if it could be seen from his appearance, then why didn't you know until now?" so his character was not visible from his appearance, some people thought that Sawaki should be recognized by his appearance
recognition I myself was once arrested by Savak, and in Mashhad I was taken to Savak; Well, various people were coming and going and we were sitting there waiting for them to say whatever they have to do with us, or to ask questions, take us to jail, and do whatever they want. From these very, noble looks, the eyes are noble; When one looks at the people, the signs of decency can be found in their faces; I had seen a lot, and I like his appearance. I saw that this is a SAVAK employee. He comes, he goes, he brings paper, he takes paper; It turned out that he is Savaki! A lot of people came across these faces. It is the same in everyone's mind and we were the same at that time. We thought that Sawaki is the person whose frowns are together, for example, his face is rough, thick, mustache is growing from his ears, and he has this kind of face; We didn't think that Sawaki might have a very calm and gentle look. This is the state that humans have naturally. Don't always look for bad people behind bad faces. In many cases, bad people are behind good, beautiful, desirable and acceptable faces; Now whatever is desirable and acceptable. Don't think that if someone has an interesting attractive appearance, talks well, worships well, then he is definitely a believer. [For example, he says, "Sir, so-and-so is a very good person." Where did it come from? For example, he says, "Look what a good Quran he really read." No! This is not the case. Of course, there are many people who are good people and read the Quran well. There are many, they are good people, they also do good worship; But some people are also bad people [but] read good Quran; They are bad people [but] they worship well, so be careful about worship and the Quran and the like
This is the way that a hypocrite cannot have continuity in good deeds; One of the signs of a hypocrite is that
اذا قاموا الی الصلوه قاموا کسالی یراوون الناس
And when they stand up for prayer, they stand up lazily, showing off to people
if he pays attention in the facial expressions of hypocrites; But in general, we should know that behind good looks and desirable looks, there may be bad, black and dark hearts, so what will be the result, sir? The result is that we immediately say "Ah! This is a bad person. If he prays a good prayer, let's say "Yes! It is obvious that it is bad. If he recites two good verses of the Quran, don’t say it is certain that he is bad, is this the right result? no sir as I said, the hypocrite is a fake coin made from the original coin; Who is the main coin? The one who really prays well, recites the Quran well, speaks well, acts attentively and carefully, does not allow evil, contradiction, slanderous lies to arise from his language, from his movements, from his words. Well, this is a real good person who is careful about his actions, behavior and speech, the hypocrite wants to imitate him, sometimes he can't imitate this properly and the person understands; Sometimes it can be, so be careful to recognize that hypocrite, God willing, may God Almighty grant us all the ability to distance ourselves from hypocrisy as much as possible and recognize the hypocrites as well
