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SERMON 7About the hypocritesThey (1) have made Satan the master of their affairs and he has taken them as partners. He has laid eggs and hatched them in their bosoms. He creeps and crawls in their laps. He sees through their eyes and speaks with their tongues. In this way he has led them to sinfulness and adorned for them foul things like the action of one whom Satan has made partner in his domain and speaks untruth through his tongue.
(1). Amir al-mu'minin says about the hypocrites (i.e. those who
opposed him before and during his Caliphate) that they are partners in action of
Satan and his helpers and supporters. He too has befriended them so much that he
has made his abode with them resides on their bosoms lays eggs and hatches young
one from them there while these young ones jump and play in their laps without
demur. He means that Satanic evil ideas take birth in their bosoms and grow and
thrive there. There is no restrain on them nor restriction of any kind. He has
so permeated in their blood and mingled in their spirit that both have become
completely unified. Now eyes are theirs but sight is his the tongue is theirs
but the words are his as the Prophet had said "Verily Satan permeates the
progeny of Adam like blood." That is just as the circulation of blood does not
stop in the same way the quick succession of Satan's evil ideas know no break
and he draws man towards evil in sleep and wakefulness and in every posture
rising or sitting. He so paints them with his dye that their word and action
reflect an exact portrait of his word and action. Those whose bosoms shine with
the effulgence of faith prevent such evil ideas but some are already ready to
welcome those evils and these are the persons who under the garb of Islam are
ever after advancement of heresy.
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