CHAPTER 2 SURAH BAQARAH 9 -15

 2:9. They wish to deceive Allah and those who have attained belief. But they deceive none but themselves and realize it not.

[Note: Since reason is a faculty that has to be exercised and they have forsaken it, they are little aware of what opportunity of personal development they are missing. They live in a state of denial.]

2:10. In their hearts is a disease, and Allah increases their disease. And for them is painful suffering, for, they lie to themselves.*

[Note: Their attitude reinforces itself according to the Law of Cause and Effect. The conflict between one’s word and action amounts to self-deception that has its own dire consequences.]

2:11 When it is said to them, “Do not cause disruption in the land”, they assert, “We are but reformers, setting things right.”

2:12. Nay, it is they who are the disrupters. But they fail to use reason.

[Note: They bring forth a common argument that they are acting in good faith and in accordance with their ‘conscience’. But conscience is only the "internalized society", a mental reflection of the values prevalent in a given environment.* *Therefore, it can never be a substitute for Divine revelation Wahi.

3:20: If they argue with you (O Messenger), tell them, “I have submitted to Allah; I and those who follow me.” Say to the People of the Scripture, and to those who have no Scripture, “Would you submit (to Allah)?” If they submit, then they have been guided but if they turn away, then your duty is only to convey the message. Allah is Seer of His servants.

5:79:They did not restrain one another from violating the Permanent Values. Evil was what they used to do.

9:67: The hypocrites, both men and women, are all of a kind. They enjoin the doing of what is wrong and forbid the doing of what is right, and withhold their hands from doing good. They have forgotten Allah, and so He deprives them of His grace. The hypocrites drift away from humanity.

(Note: ‘Allah forgetting them’ denotes that He is depriving them of His grace. Allah forgets nothing in the customary sense. Whoever forgets Allah, forgets himself and his honored stature of being a servant of the Rabb. 59:19)

24:21: O You who have chosen to be graced with belief! Follow not the steps of satanic people in the community. Anyone who follows Satan’s footsteps should know that he advocates evil and vice. Had it not been for the favor of Allah, and His grace to you, none of you could have grown in goodness. Thus it is - but anyone can develop the ‘self’ (attain Self-actualization) by following God’s laws (given in the Qur’an). Allah is all Hearer, All Knower.]

2:13 And when it is said to them, “Acknowledge the truth as people have acknowledged”, they retort, "Shall we accept what the foolish accept?" Nay, it is they who are foolish. But they do not know.

[Note: Imaan = Belief = Conviction = Acceptance = Acknowledgement = Embracing the truth. ]

2:14 And when they meet those who have chosen to believe, they say, “We have attained belief.” But when they go away to their shayaateen (evil ones), they say, "We are with you. We were only mocking.”

2:15. Allah mocks them, and leaves them prolonged in their transgression.