Satan uses a very foul and cunning technique; he attempts to influence people by using “reverse logic.” He seeks to use that method to turn people away from the communication of religious moral values, the struggle against atheism and the spread of moral virtue. In doing this, satan approaches people who listen to him with very reasonable-seeming justifications. Those who go along with this cunning technique of satan’s have a great number of pretexts, excuses in other words, for not worshiping, for not communicating the religion, for not undertaking difficulties for Allah’s (God’s) sake, for not living for His approval and for not striving against heretical beliefs. Satan’s technique is so sly, so base and so deceptive that people who harbor doubts about striving for Allah’s sake have not a moment’s hesitation when it comes to putting these excuses to use. Some portray themselves as genuine Muslims, but, consciously or otherwise, actually adopt satan’s reverse logic. They regard themselves as preferential, and instead of striving for Allah’s sake they devote themselves to maintaining their prestige in other people’s eyes. They are hesitant when it comes to obeying Allah’s commands, and try to pull those people who endeavor in this path into the same trap they have fallen into themselves. In that way, they ease their consciences and seek to convince themselves they are on the right path. But their own lower selves bear witness that their consciences are uneasy because they do not live for Allah’s approval.
Some of the false hopes that satan instills in these people who do not live by their consciences are as follows: 1. The idea that “Do not expose Darwinism as a lie, that just makes a further propaganda for Darwinism”: Darwinism is the worst corruption, the most heretical religion of the last two centuries, which has spread across the world and inflicted atheism, oppression, suffering, wars, immorality and degeneration upon it. It is the Dajjal’s greatest mass deception that has taken in and spread across the whole world. The intellectual struggle against Darwinism is the struggle against atheism, and against all ideologies, corruption and scourges developed to oppose belief in Allah. And this intellectual struggle, of course, needs to be a very excellent, intensive and determined one for Allah’s approval. Some people know in their hearts they should be involved in this struggle. They are well aware that the worst corruption of the century has to be eliminated and that belief in Allah and proper moral values must prevail once again all over the world. But they avoid that struggle. Striving on behalf of Allah seems very arduous to them. As Almighty Allah reveals in the verse “If it had been a case of easy gains and a short journey, they would have followed you, but the distance was too great for them...” (Surat at-Tawba, 42), they are reluctant to shoulder such a burden. For that reason, they follow the reverse logic developed by satan and attempt to misdirect the struggle. They suggest that the struggle against Darwinism actually propagates Darwinism. They make the claim that “Darwinism is dead, so why are you struggling against it?” They put forth the claim that “You are giving the impression that an already dead theory is still alive.” Based on this reverse logic, they maintain that the fact that Darwinism is a deception should never be mentioned. In line with satan’s reverse logic they avoid taking part in the struggle themselves and also try to prevent others taking part. The fact is, however, that this heretical religion is still active, and there needs to be a determined campaign in order to put an end to it. Ignoring the way that Darwinism leads to atheism and massacres is something that no sincere Muslim can accept. 2. The idea that “If you disseminate Islam, your name will be known everywhere and you will become famous. You must avoid propagating Islam in order to avoid fame”: Deceiving people with his reverse logic, satan tries to prevent the communication of the faith. With this false suggestion, satan gives people the idea that by communicating the faith they are aggrandizing themselves and spreading their own renown, and that this is undesirable. Using a weak and villainous logic, he suggests that the more people who communicate the faith describe the Islamic moral values, the more they spread their own fame, for which reason they must stop communicating the faith forthwith. But this is a deception. In the same way that he misled unbelievers in the past, satan also tries to employ the same corrupting technique today. One must be on one’s guard against this indoctrination of satan’s and respond with open conscious, sincerity and the Qur’an. Although the same accusations were raised against the prophets in the past, they never made any concessions on describing their belief in Allah or communicating the moral values of the faith, and never hesitated to tell the truth. They acted in the light of the Qur’an, not of satan’s deceptive techniques, and brought the truth with them. If a Muslim is sincere he must immediately detect this ruse of satan’s and assume the responsibility of communicating the faith in the light of the Qur’an and his own conscience, in the knowledge that this is Allah’s command. 3. The logic of “Do not struggle against Freemasonry and atheist Zionism. That just makes further propaganda for them.” In order to maintain his own system and to prevent the spread of belief in Allah, satan wants all the heretical religions he has imposed as scourges on communities to be very powerful. Freemasonry and atheist Zionism are currently satan’s main tool, that have brought all countries under their influence, have spread atheism and Darwinism and are the main causes of wars and oppression. The struggle against these will turn all the satan’s efforts up side down and eliminate all his delusions. For that reason, satan approaches people with what seem to be perfectly acceptable arguments, though his intention is to ensure the survival and spread of these perverted beliefs. In doing this, he suggests the following: “Do not struggle against these heretical beliefs, because to do so just helps propagate them.” Satan claims that the exposure of the covert activities, immorality and irreligiousness of Freemasonry and atheist Zionism just keeps them in the public eye and strengthens them. He therefore suggests that the best thing is for the secret activities of these people struggling against belief in Allah not to be revealed. He continues with his vile delusion by saying, “Let them do what they want, as long as you never mention it.” In one verse our Lord says: “What reason could you have for not fighting in the way of Allah – for those men, women and children who are oppressed and say, ‘Our Lord, take us out of this city whose inhabitants are wrongdoers! Give us a protector from You! Give us a helper from You!’?” (Surat an-Nisa’, 75)
“He (satan) makes promises to them and fills them with false hopes. But what satan promises them is nothing but delusion.” (Surat an-Nisa’, 120)
Let there be a community among you who call to the good, and enjoin the right, and forbid the wrong. They are the ones who have success. (Surah Al ‘Imran, 104)
I will lead them astray and fill them with false hopes. I will command them and they will cut off cattle’s ears. I will command them and they will change Allah’s creation.’ Anyone who takes Shaytan as his protector in place of Allah has clearly lost everything. (Surat an-Nisa’, 119)
“Allah has promised those of you who believe and do right actions that He will make them successors in the land as He made those before them successors, and will firmly establish for them their religion with which He is pleased and give them, in place of their fear, security. ‘They worship Me, not associating anything with Me.’ Any who disbelieve after that, such people are deviators.” (Surat an-Nur, 55)