About the hypocrites
They (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 neither 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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