Beware of the Tricks of the Accursed Satan for HE is Our Enemy ForEverđĽ
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Allah, the Most High, recounted the story of Satan at the time of the creation of Adam when he was asked to bow down to Adam, but he refused and argued that he was better than Adam because he was created by fire while Adam was created by mud. Allah expelled him from Paradise. Then he
asked Allah to give him respite till the day of resurrection, which Allah did.
âď¸ The enemy of Allah said: “Since You put me in wrong I shall lie in wait for them all on Your straight path; I will assault them from before them and behind them, from their right and their left and You will find that most of them are ungrateful.” (Al-Qurâan 7:16-17)
âď¸ The straight path is the path leading to Allah, the Most High, and the devil sits in wait for human beings.
The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said:
‘Satan sits in wait for the son of Adam on all his ways: he sits on the way of Islam and says to him: ‘Are you going to embrace Islam and abandon your and your forefathers religion?â The man does not listen to the devil and accepts Islam. The devil then sits on the way to emigration and says to the person who wants to emigrate: ‘Are you going to emigrate and leave your sky and your earth?’ The emigrant does not obey the devil and carries out his emigration. Then the devil sits on the path of jihad – struggle by soul and wealth – and says to him: ‘Are you going to take part in fighting which will cause your death and then your woman will be married by others and your wealth will be distributed?’ [Ahmad (3/483), Nisa’i (3134)]
âď¸ “I shall come to them from before them”
is explained by Ibn Abbas as ‘from the side of the world.’ Another explanation is from the side of the Hereafter by driving them to deny the resurrection and the Heaven and Hell.’
âď¸ “And from their behind” means that I will awaken a desire in the worldly affairs, and another explanation is that I will create doubt in their mind about the Hereafter.
âď¸ “From their right” means that I will confuse them about their religion and truth, another explanation is that I will approach them from the good deeds and try to hold them back from doing them.
âď¸ “From their left” means that I will encourage them to commit sins and allure them to do so.
âď¸ Shaqiq said: ‘Every morning Satan sits in wait for me on four check posts: on my front, my back, my right and my left and tells me: “do not be scared; verily Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful. Then I read:
“I am Most Forgiving towards those who repent, believe, do righteous deeds, and stay on right path. (Al-Qurâan 20:82)
âď¸ He frightens me from behind of the loss of those whom I leave behind and I read to him: “There is not a creature that moves on earth but his provision is Allah’s concernâ. (Al-Qurâan 11:6)
âď¸ He approaches me from my right with praise so I read: ââŚand the end is best for righteous.” (Al-Qurâan 7:128)
âď¸ He approaches me from the left from the side of desires and I read: “A barrier has been placed between them and what they desire.â (Al-Qurâan 34:54)
âď¸ As a matter of fact the human being takes four directions in his walk: the right, the left, the front and the back. Any of these directions he takes he will find Satan sitting in wait for him.
âď¸ If he chooses the path of obedience he will face the devil there who will try to hold him back or hinder and stop him; and
âď¸ if he takes the direction of disobedience, he will find the devil encouraging him, helping and raising all sorts of hopes in his mind.
âď¸ The statement of the enemy of Allah: “Then I will come to them from the front and from the behind” includes the world and the hereafter and his saying: “from their right and from their left includes good and bad deeds, as the angel appointed to record the good deeds is on the right and he incites the man to do good deeds, then Satan comes from that side and holds him from doing them. The angel recording the bad deeds is on the left side urging man to avoid bad deeds, but the devil comes from that side and encourages him to do them.
đ This is the detailed meaning of his saying: “By Your might I will tempt them all.” (Al-Qurâan 38:82)
đCHAPTER 13. TRICKS OF SATAN WHICH HE USES TO LEAD THE SON OF ADAM ASTRAY from the Book SUPPORTING THE DISTRESSED AGAINST THE TRICKS OF SATAN ~ A SUMMARISED TRANSLATION OF THE MONUMENTAL BOOK IGHATHA AL-LAHFAN FI MAQASID ASH-SHAYTAN By Imam Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya, may Allah have mercy on him (Translation and Summary by Abdul Ali Hamid)
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