deception on all sides

proud and malicious when they leave the house of worship. When they fast, they abstain from food and drink but do not bother to refrain from lying, deceit, and injustice. They have made religion a topic of argument and disputation and have forgotten that religion is something to be practised, not just to be talked about. Then, to crown it all, they claim that they are performing “missionary activity”, whereas what they are doing is seeking to consolidate their power and prestige. however, counterfeit gold is only considered gold until it has been put to the touchstone test. so, it is with deception that man practices in this world. it can only prevail until the day of reckoning comes to pass when God’s truth eliminates all falsehood, and his justice end all injustice. Man is free in this world because he is being tested. he can do as he pleases as long as his trial period lasts. however, when it comes to an end, he will find himself powerless. he will want to speak, but words will desert him. he will want to run away, but his legs will not be able to carry him. That will be the day of truth. Man will shed the camouflage that hides his actual state on that day. Everyone will appear as he or she is. it will be a revelation when the pretences that people put on fade away and reality comes to the fore. only God knows a person’s actual state; it will be plain for all to see in the next world. Those who appeared in a particular light in this world will be exposed to a completely different light: they will be exposed for what they were rather than what they pretended to be.