The artists who sell ice cream on the food street in Turkey are salesmen.
They sell you the deal as soon as you catch sight of them. They will smile in response, and you also have to smile. It will then call you when you have to go. They will treat you like any other customer, but you are their friend.
Now to strengthen friendship, they have a rod in their hand, in front of which they will force you to laugh again and again by placing a cup of free samples and showing their tricks. This free sample cup will not be withheld from you. Then they will give you a choice; you will tell them your flavour and ask how much it is. They will lean forward and tell you 20 liras only. You will gladly take this ice cream, which you will later find out was 5 lire.
This is the business of Turkish ice cream sellers. I recognise their ability. But the devil does the same magic with us in the same order as sin. He catches your first glance or focus and makes the connection to sin. You don't think that sin is being done to you, but you start convincing yourself regularly to commit sin. You are sometimes in a back-and-forth conflict. And then you become convinced. He sells you his deal. The deal is that you find out about the loss later.
That's why the Quran says to keep your eyes down. Say to the believers, "Let them guard their sight and guard their faces."
That is, tell Muslim men to lower their gaze and protect their private parts. It is a matter of cleanliness for them. Indeed, Allah knows best what some people do.
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