Hypocrites actually know what is right and what is wrong, but still choose to do wrong. Qualified hypocrites are those who have the ability to lead masses. Samiri, who is referred in the Qur’an, was such a hypocrite. Qualified hypocrites try to replace the leaders of the unbelievers and rule the world. Each one of them sees himself as God (God is above their claims). Samiri wanted to lead masses, too and claimed to return them to glory and came forward by saying, ‘Moses forgot his religion’ (Prophet Moses (pbuh) is above such claims). Samiri exhausted Muslims and drained their energy. He took their gold possessions, then made them carry the gold across the desert and had them build a furnace. Samiri later made them do casting. He kept so many Muslims busy over building a golden calf. Samiri only thought of his low selfish gains and wrongly claimed that Muslims had monotonous lives with Prophet Moses (pbuh) and offered them colorful lives in which they would have all kinds of meals. - Harun Yahya