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Did we ever read the Book we claim to uphold, or were we too enamoured by our pseudo-intellectuals bamboozling us with their speech?

Indeed, We have revealed to you the Book in truth so you may judge between the people by that which God has shown you. So do not be an advocate for the deceitful.

The hunters would rather we didn’t reflect on verses like these. They would much rather drive us to silence with their harassment than ponder on a venerated word.

And seek forgiveness of God. Indeed, God is ever forgiving and merciful.

May God forgive us for the immense wrongdoing we have done in our lifetimes. None of us is without sin. Still, we hope for companions who might advise us, steering us away from the ill we do.

And do not argue on behalf of those who deceive themselves. Indeed, God loves not the habitually sinful deceiver.

No, do not rush to my defence if I should sin or err, but bring me back down to earth, and advise me sincerely. As to my wronging another: here your task is to witness to truth, in pursuit of justice, sincere to the One who created you.

They conceal from the people, but they cannot conceal from God, and He is with them when they spend the night in such as He does not accept of speech. And ever is God, of what they do, encompassing.

All the world is now a podcast. But when the audience has dwindled, and the audio files have been erased, the podcaster will still be called to account for whatever they revealed and concealed for their audience, good or bad.

Here you are — those who argue on their behalf in worldly life — but who will argue with God for them on the Day of Resurrection, or who will be their representative?

May God forgive us for the sins of our tongues and typing fingers, and for whatever we did knowingly or unknowingly. May we place our forelocks on the floor in pursuit of the mercy of our Lord.

And whoever does a wrong or wrongs himself but then seeks forgiveness of God will find God forgiving and merciful.

Let the hunters hunting reflect on the promise of God. You are not responsible for my sins, nor am I responsible for yours, nor you for another’s. Each of us has earned what we’ve earned, and no amount of good PR can change that.

And whoever commits a sin only earns it against himself. And God is ever knowing and wise.

So perhaps now is not the time for another flurry of videos, presenting ourselves as pious sages, humble before all the world. Now might be the moment for introspection. For taking ourselves to account. For facing the music, so to speak.

But whoever earns an offence and then blames it on an innocent has taken upon himself a slander and manifest sin.

May we be protected from blaming others for our own crimes. May we take ourselves to account before we are taken to account. And may the hunters turn their hunt inwards towards their own heart and soul, rectifying what truly needs to be rectified.

“Verily, in the body there is a piece of flesh. When it is sound, the whole body is sound and when it is corrupt, then the whole body is corrupt. Verily, it is the heart.”