Guidance for Perceiving Minds — Page 87
87 greed for the least reward, and exceed the limit of fairness when they treat with hostility. They forgot the conditions of piety, and overlooked the rights of brotherhood. They have fallen ill with a disease that cannot be treated by a doctor or philosopher. Neither the wise nor the fool- ish were spared by them, until the time of pre-Islamic ignorance returned after it had passed. Thus, [Spiritual] water was lost, and every person was deceived by its mirage. Their betrayal appeared in their eyes, tongues, asceticism, and worship. There is no crime left that does not exist among Muslims, they combined in their actions the destruction of the rights of Allah and the rights of His creation. Among them are thieves, murderers, forgers, liars, adulterers, prisoners of immoral habits, unjust traitors, grave worshippers, idolaters, and those who live in the clothing of permissiveness and atheism. There is no crime in which they do not have a share, as you know. If you doubt, ask a prison blacksmith. The External Trials The greatest trial in this country is that of atheism and apostasy. You see apostates walk in our country like spreading locusts. Muslims are trampled under the feet of priests, their hearts are overturned and their dispositions are like an inside-out garment. They became passionate about the machinations of the People of the Cross, and the issues of infallibility, atonement, and sacri- fice. You see that they lure people into their religion with every tool and means, even if it is a girl. They attract everyone who is