Waheeda Sadal

*Dimensions of Deceit* Shaykh Haytham Tamim In the opening of Surat al-Baqarah, Allah mentions three types of people: the believers, the disbelievers, and the hypocrites. Verses 8 onwards focus on the hypocrites (munafiqeen), who are discussed in thirteen verses. I will highlight some of these verses to provide a deeper understanding: _Among the people are those who say, ‘We believe in Allah and the Last Day,’ but they are not believers._ _They seek to deceive Allah and those who believe, but they deceive only themselves, and they do not realise it._ _In their hearts is a disease, so Allah has increased their disease; and for them is a painful punishment because they were liars._ _And when it is said to them, ‘Do not cause corruption on the earth,’ they say, ‘We are but reformers.’_ _Unquestionably, it is they who are the corrupters, but they are unaware._ _And when it is said to them, ‘Believe as the people have believed,’ they say, ‘Shall we believe as the foolish have believed?’ Unquestionably, it is they who are the foolish, but they do not know it. [2:8-16]_ In verse 8, Allah Almighty states that hypocrites profess faith, but are actually lying. In verse 9, Allah emphasises that hypocrites seek to deceive Him, but in reality, they deceive only themselves without realising it. In the world today, we are continually seeing politicians, leaders, and those in authority mislead people for their own agendas. Allah advises us not to be part of deceit—neither by deceiving others nor by allowing ourselves to be deceived. When Allah Almighty says they do not realise they are deceiving themselves, one wonders how can someone become so deluded that they lose the ability to recognise corruption around them? They are often unaware of the deception due to several reasons: *Immersion in corruption* They are eating, drinking and breathing corruption – they are surrounded by corruption and corrupted individuals in their social circles, which makes them lose the ability to discern right from wrong. *Trust in deceptive leadership* They place their trust in deceptive leaders and rely on their misleading narratives. *Belief in their actions* They are convinced that what they are doing is right. *Blind following* They follow without thinking, awareness, or questioning, as in “We found our forefathers doing this” (referring to inherited customs) or “I only show you what I see, and I guide you only to the path of righteousness” (the words of Firaun as he misled his people). For instance, in Surah Ghafir, he says, _“Leave me to kill Moses and let him call upon his Lord. Indeed, I fear that he will change your religion or cause corruption in the land.” (40:26)_ Islam combats corruption through the principle of enjoining good and forbidding evil. There is no obedience in matters of sin and disobedience. Read the full blog here https://lnkd.in/evHUHaD6

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FOOD FOR THOUGHTS. Honesty is Allah in you. Feeding your soul with honesty from your thoughts, words, deeds every second, every minute(Meditation on the word(positive values--Ibadah/fruits of the holy Spirit) day and night) in your daily activities is no longer you but Allah takes over control to honor his name in your life according to his Will. This is Allah himself(HONESTY). Speechless, unique, structured, straightforwardness making impossibility possible. Honesty protects you even when you are not around to defend yourself. Honesty, the SWORD that has already destroyed the serpent from the thoughts(where Allah dwells) of all Homosepian on Earth. Imagine, every Homosepian on Earth portrayed HONESTY from their thoughts. Continue feeding your soul with Honesty is an act of Allah on Earth making Homosepian replicants of Allah on Earth. Allah himself. A God(Homosepian). #MrNairaCurrency. #OneNigeria.

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Why we don't grow? One of the reasons we don't grow is that we repeat the same mistakes and expect different results that's the mistake itself. Would Turkey have defended our coasts without this resource? In this world, no nation was built by another nation and is like Somalis are in the comfort zone that another nation will build theirs. What brought Turkey to our border is our resource which they have an interest in. And every nation will come to our nation as long as these resources are in there Every nation wants to benefit from these resources as much as they can. The rest is pretending. Our selfish politicians are doing everything to allow these countries to exploit us as much as they can because these politicians don't care about this nation they care about their short-term gains. Turkey is no different from other nations that are looking for resources. It's a mistake to make our people believe that Turkey is different and will protect them. Our nation needs freedom

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