When the Qur’an Speaks to Your Struggle: Standing Firm Against Narcissists and Hypocrites
Today, I was reciting Surah Hashr and the surahs that follow until Surah Jumah as a part of my 50 daily verses in Arabic and English, and I felt something that shook me:
The Qur’an was describing exactly what I am facing right now.
From the hypocrites who twist words and hide behind false smiles,
to those who stand silently behind them—enabling them, shielding them, and in doing so, sharing in the harm—the Qur’an named them all.
Those who appease the narcissists.
Who comfort them when they cry for undue attention.
Who pass the blame onto innocent victims, just to keep the peace.
The false humble ones, who dress up their silence as wisdom and their cowardice as neutrality.
They give false and sinister smiles,
stand halfway, and say: “We respect you both.”
But this is a moral and ethical impossibility.
“Allah has not placed two hearts in any person’s chest.”
(Surah Al-Ahzab, 33:4)
You cannot stand with truth and falsehood at the same time.
You cannot honor the oppressed and the oppressor equally.
Choosing the middle path in matters of injustice is not neutrality—it is betrayal.
And all of it is betrayal masked as diplomacy.
In this season of my life, I am dealing with a narcissist—and worse, with people who are choosing to support her.
One of them has even been coming to my door, trying to intercept the rightful owner of a property that was entrusted by my father. But I told him—and he said with clarity:
“Who are you? I’m the owner of this house.”
Truth doesn’t hide. It doesn’t whisper. It stands tall.
And so must we.
That’s why I said it publicly, clearly:
“If you are supporting narcissists, you are responsible.
The NARCs and their supporters are dangerous—and they must be socially boycotted.
If you don’t stand up to narcissists, I’m standing up to you.”
This isn’t about revenge.
It’s about truth.
It’s about not enabling harm in the name of keeping the peace.
It’s about refusing to participate in any system—family, friend circle, or society—that protects manipulation over justice.
The Qur’an doesn’t only confront the disbelievers or the open enemies.
It confronts the hypocrites.
It exposes the ones who smile in your face while plotting behind your back.
It warns those who support wrongdoing, thinking their hands are clean.
So this is my message to anyone who has ever been gaslit, silenced, or isolated for speaking the truth:
You are not wrong for setting boundaries.
You are not wrong for choosing truth over tradition.
And you are not alone.
When the Qur’an speaks to your struggle, listen.
And when it gives you the courage to speak, don’t silence it.
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