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SATURDAY 22ND DHU AL QEDA
1439 AH– 4TH AUGUST 2018 CE
Bismillah
Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah. As-Salaam Alaikum
Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu
Praise
be to Allaah; we seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek refuge with Allaah
from the evil of our own souls and from our bad deeds. Whomsoever Allaah guides
will never be led astray, and whomsoever Allaah leaves astray, no one can
guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allaah, and I bear witness that
Muhammad (Sallalhu alaihi Wasalam) is His slave and Messenger.
*PREAMBLE*
The
Satan (Shaitan) is dangerous, but his agents among human beings are more
dangerous than him.
Some
people on the social media are nothing but the agents of the "Iblis".
They post what will lead people to commit some sins misbehaviors; Or to make
mockery women as nothing but sexual items.
Anyone
who posts materials like the following is an agent of the Shaitan.
1.
Promiscuity, profane and immoral pictures.
2.
Those who make mockery of women by posting some ladies pictures showing their
sexual shapes.
3.
The ladies who post their Photoshop and edited pictures just to attract men.
Any
man who is found of posting sexual explicitly or that has sexual tendency is a
loose and immoral person. I wonder if they have mothers, sisters and wives that
would see what they post into social media stream. How can you as a man be
depicting ladies as if they are nothing but sexual tools.
All
is lack of proper upbringing and lack of *'’Eeman"*.
No any moral person will ever play with women affairs as such. They are our
mothers, wives, sisters and daughters. Let us respect them.
(Part No 1)
*CRUCIAL IN THE LIFE OF A MUMIN – BELIEVER*
- *THE TRAPS (TRICKS) OF SATAN?*
Let
us see in brief detail as an explanation of what Satan does; what kind of
tricks and traps he uses to deceive people.
*1.0 THE ACTIVITIES OF SATAN*
In
various places in the Quran, what kind of activities Satan does and will do are
pointed out in the verses. For instance:
When
We said to the angels, "Prostrate yourselves to Adam" they prostrated
themselves, but not Iblis: he refused. Then We said: "O Adam! Verily, this
is an enemy to thee and thy wife: so let him not get you both out of the Garden
so that thou art landed in misery. "There is therein (enough provision)
for thee not to go hungry nor to go naked" "Nor to suffer from thirst
nor from the sun's heat." But Satan whispered evil to him: he said "O
Adam! Shall I lead thee to Tree of Eternity and to a kingdom that never decays?"
In the result, they both ate of the tree, and so their nakedness appeared to
them: they began to sew together, for their covering, leaves from the Garden:
thus did Adam disobey his Lord, and allow himself to be seduced. But his Lord
chose him (for His Grace): He turned to him, and gave him guidance. (Holy Quran
Chapter Taha, 116-122)
(١١٥) وَإِذۡ قُلۡنَا
لِلۡمَلَـٰٓٮِٕڪَةِ ٱسۡجُدُواْ لِأَدَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ أَبَىٰ
(١١٦) فَقُلۡنَا يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا عَدُوٌّ۬ لَّكَ وَلِزَوۡجِكَ فَلَا
يُخۡرِجَنَّكُمَا مِنَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ فَتَشۡقَىٰٓ (١١٧) إِنَّ لَكَ أَلَّا تَجُوعَ
فِيہَا وَلَا تَعۡرَىٰ (١١٨) وَأَنَّكَ لَا تَظۡمَؤُاْ فِيہَا وَلَا تَضۡحَىٰ
(١١٩) فَوَسۡوَسَ إِلَيۡهِ ٱلشَّيۡطَـٰنُ قَالَ يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ هَلۡ أَدُلُّكَ
عَلَىٰ شَجَرَةِ ٱلۡخُلۡدِ وَمُلۡكٍ۬ لَّا يَبۡلَىٰ (١٢٠) فَأَڪَلَا مِنۡہَا
فَبَدَتۡ لَهُمَا سَوۡءَٲتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخۡصِفَانِ عَلَيۡہِمَا مِن وَرَقِ
ٱلۡجَنَّةِۚ وَعَصَىٰٓ ءَادَمُ رَبَّهُ ۥ فَغَوَىٰ (١٢١) ثُمَّ ٱجۡتَبَـٰهُ
رَبُّهُ ۥ فَتَابَ عَلَيۡهِ وَهَدَىٰ
Behold!
We said to the angels: "Bow down unto Adam": they bowed down except
Iblis: he said "Shall I bow down to one whom Thou didst create from
clay?" He said "Seest Thou? This is the one whom thou hast honored
above me! If Thou wilt but respite me to the Day of Judgment, I will surely
bring his descendants under my sway all but a few!" Allah said: "Go
thy way; if any of them follow thee, verily Hell will be the recompense of you
(all)― an ample recompense. "Lead to destruction those whom thou canst
among them, with thy (seductive) voice; make assaults on them with thy cavalry
and thy infantry; mutually share with them wealth and children; and make
promises to them. But Satan promises them nothing but deceit. "As for My
servants, no authority shalt thou have over them." Enough is thy Lord for
a Disposer of affairs. (Holy Quran Chapter al-Isra, 61-65)
۬ا (٦٠) وَإِذۡ قُلۡنَا
لِلۡمَلَـٰٓٮِٕڪَةِ ٱسۡجُدُواْ لِأَدَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ قَالَ
ءَأَسۡجُدُ لِمَنۡ خَلَقۡتَ طِينً۬ا (٦١) قَالَ أَرَءَيۡتَكَ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى ڪَرَّمۡتَ عَلَىَّ لَٮِٕنۡ
أَخَّرۡتَنِ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَـٰمَةِ لَأَحۡتَنِكَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَهُ ۥۤ إِلَّا
قَلِيلاً۬ (٦٢) قَالَ ٱذۡهَبۡ فَمَن تَبِعَكَ مِنۡهُمۡ فَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ جَزَآؤُكُمۡ
جَزَآءً۬ مَّوۡفُورً۬ا (٦٣) وَٱسۡتَفۡزِزۡ مَنِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡتَ مِنۡہُم بِصَوۡتِكَ
وَأَجۡلِبۡ عَلَيۡہِم بِخَيۡلِكَ وَرَجِلِكَ وَشَارِكۡهُمۡ فِى ٱلۡأَمۡوَٲلِ
وَٱلۡأَوۡلَـٰدِ وَعِدۡهُمۡۚ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَـٰنُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا
(٦٤) إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيۡسَ لَكَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ سُلۡطَـٰنٌ۬ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ وَڪِيلاً۬
(٦٥)
(Iblis)
said: "O my Lord! because Thou hast put me in the wrong, I will make
(wrong) fair-seeming to them on the earth, and I will put them all in the
wrong― "Except Thy servants among them, sincere and purified (by thy
grace). (Holy Quran Chapter al-Hijr, 39-40)
(٣٨) قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ
أَغۡوَيۡتَنِى لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمۡ فِى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَأُغۡوِيَنَّہُمۡ
أَجۡمَعِينَ (٣٩) إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنۡہُمُ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ (٤٠)
The
Satan threatens you with poverty and bids you to conduct unseemly. (Holy Quran
Chapter al-Baqara, 268)
(٢٦٧) ٱلشَّيۡطَـٰنُ
يَعِدُكُمُ ٱلۡفَقۡرَ وَيَأۡمُرُڪُم بِٱلۡفَحۡشَآءِۖ وَٱللَّهُ يَعِدُكُم
مَّغۡفِرَةً۬ مِّنۡهُ وَفَضۡلاً۬ۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٲسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ۬ (٢٦٨)
(The
pagans), leaving Him, call but upon female deities: they call but upon Satan
the persistent rebel! Allah did curse him, but he said: "I will take of
Thy servants a portion marked off. "I will mislead them and I will create
in them false desires; I will order them to slit the ears of cattle and to
deface the (fair) nature created by Allah." Whoever, forsaking Allah,
takes Satan for a friend, hath of a surety suffered a loss that is manifest.
Satan makes them promises, and creates in them false desires; but Satan's
promises are nothing but deception.( Holy Quran Chapter an-Nisa, 117-120)
(١١٦) إِن يَدۡعُونَ مِن
دُونِهِۦۤ إِلَّآ إِنَـٰثً۬ا وَإِن يَدۡعُونَ إِلَّا شَيۡطَـٰنً۬ا مَّرِيدً۬ا
(١١٧) لَّعَنَهُ ٱللَّهُۘ وَقَالَ لَأَتَّخِذَنَّ مِنۡ عِبَادِكَ نَصِيبً۬ا مَّفۡرُوضً۬ا (١١٨)
وَلَأُضِلَّنَّهُمۡ وَلَأُمَنِّيَنَّهُمۡ وَلَأَمُرَنَّهُمۡ فَلَيُبَتِّڪُنَّ
ءَاذَانَ ٱلۡأَنۡعَـٰمِ وَلَأَمُرَنَّہُمۡ فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّ خَلۡقَ ٱللَّهِۚ
وَمَن يَتَّخِذِ ٱلشَّيۡطَـٰنَ
وَلِيًّ۬ا مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَقَدۡ خَسِرَ خُسۡرَانً۬ا مُّبِينً۬ا (١١٩)
يَعِدُهُمۡ وَيُمَنِّيہِمۡۖ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَـٰنُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا (١٢٠)
(Part No 2)
*2.0 SATAN MAKES SINS SEEM NICE*
Satan
has made their deeds seem pleasing in their eyes. (Holy Quran Chapter an-Naml,
24)
(٢٣) وَجَدتُّهَا
وَقَوۡمَهَا يَسۡجُدُونَ لِلشَّمۡسِ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ
ٱلشَّيۡطَـٰنُ أَعۡمَـٰلَهُمۡ فَصَدَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ فَهُمۡ لَا يَهۡتَدُونَ (٢٤)
There
are various verses that have the same meaning. For instance, Holy Quran Chapter
al-An’am 43, Holy Quran Chapter al-Anfal 48, Holy Quran Chapter an-Nahl 63,
Holy Quran Chapter al-Ankabut 48, Holy Quran Chapter al-Hijr 39…
The
greatest activity of Satan is to present sins as nice and attractive things to
people. For instance, when two people argue, they may fight; such a minor
argument may end up in a murder because no mind is present in fury. When fury
overwhelms a person, he cannot think reasonably. In the end, one of the parties
may go to the grave and the other to prison.
If
they think reasonably, they will not suffer such consequences. However, Satan
showed them their bad deeds as good deeds and caused such a distressing
outcome.
The
presentation of sins as good deeds by Satan can be likened to this: Someone
puts bad things in good packing and makes people eat them as if they are sweet.
The
following is stated in another verse:
Is
then one who is on a clear (Path) from his Lord, no better than one to whom the
evil of his conduct seems pleasing, and such as follow their own lusts? (Holy
Quran Chapter Muhammad, 14)
(١٣) أَفَمَن كَانَ عَلَىٰ
بَيِّنَةٍ۬ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ كَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُ ۥ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ
أَهۡوَآءَهُم (١٤)
The
believer has a ‘bayyina’ from his Lord. Bayyina has meanings like, evidence,
proof and sign. An unbeliever does bad deeds. Those bad deeds are decorated by
Satan and they seem nice. For instance, Satan deceives him by a trick like,
“What is the harm of drinking alcohol; man should take pleasure from the world.
“ Such people act in accordance with their desires and pleasures.
The
ideology of “hedonism”in the Antique Age philosophy is nothing but acting in
accordance with desires and pleasures. The followers of this ideology are
plentiful today.
The
philosophical school called hedonism sees the world from the point of view of
desires and pleasures. Their aim is to satisfy their senses and to take
pleasure. Today, many people are affected by this ideology of Satan; they
regard all kinds of sins as permissible and virtually cease to be human.
(Part No 3)
*3.0 SATAN KEEPS PEOPLE BUSY WITH FALSE
DESIRES*
I
will mislead them and I will create in them false desires… (Holy Quran Chapter
an-Nisa, 119)
(١١٨) وَلَأُضِلَّنَّهُمۡ
وَلَأُمَنِّيَنَّهُمۡ وَلَأَمُرَنَّهُمۡ فَلَيُبَتِّڪُنَّ ءَاذَانَ ٱلۡأَنۡعَـٰمِ
وَلَأَمُرَنَّہُمۡ فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّ خَلۡقَ ٱللَّهِۚ وَمَن يَتَّخِذِ ٱلشَّيۡطَـٰنَ وَلِيًّ۬ا مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ
فَقَدۡ خَسِرَ خُسۡرَانً۬ا مُّبِينً۬ا (١١٩)
Satan
keeps people with false dreams and desires. People who travel in the desert
sometimes see a mirage and they think it is real; they run toward it. However,
they run toward a dream. Similarly, Satan makes people spend time with false
ideologies and dreams. For instance, a wrong ideology emerges and many people
follow it. In fact, it will not be useful for them and it will not make them
happy. For instance, the ideology of positivism became dominant in the 19th
century and it affected the humanity deeply. According to that ideology, one
should not believe in things that cannot be proved; since things like spirit,
angel, the hereafter that religions mention cannot be proved, they should not
be heeded. That ideology puts forward this view: “From now on, temples,
churches, mosques, synagogues, etc should be replaced by laboratories;
clergymen should be replaced by scientists and the principles of belief should
be replaced by the results obtained by science. Ironically, many people all
over the world, including the people living in the Islamic world, were
influenced by that ideology.
As
a matter of fact, not everything consists of matter. Even in man, spirituality
is on the foreground more than matter. There are thousands of feelings in man
that have no relation with matter. A book does not consists of letters only; it
is full of meaning; the universe is full of meaning, too.
I
discussed these issues with a philosopher years ago. I said to him, “We make
use of philosophy but philosophy is not everything. For instance, philosophy
cannot explain how creation took place.” He said,
“I
do not use the word ‘creation’. I prefer to use formation, instead.”
I
said, “Suppose that you left the classroom and the blackboard was clean; when
you returned, there were nice pictures and meaningful sentences on the board;
would you regard it as formation or would you say, “who wrote them and who drew
them?”
He
said, “I believe in science. I accept that science cannot explain this issue
but I believe that it will be explained scientifically even if it is hundreds
of years later…”
He
could not get rid of believing even when he escaped from belief. He did not
believe in Allah but he believed in “science”. He did not accept a pre-eternal
Allah but he could not get rid of accepting matter as pre-eternal…
Satan
makes people believe in such false ideologies and dreams; he prevents people
from seeing the truths.
(Part No 4)
*4.0 THE NONSENSE OF SATANIC VERSES*
“Did
Satan and jinn bring anything to the Prophet as they brought some things to
soothsayers and mediums? That is, did they intervene in the revelation in any
way?” This issue has been on the agenda from time to time since the beginning
of Islam. A similar approach is present in the claims of Makkan polytheists
about the Prophet stating that he was a soothsayer or mad. That is, they say,
“Satan sometimes whispers to him those things.”
This
verse of the Quran is an answer than can silence them:
“No
evil ones have brought down this (Revelation): It would neither suit them nor
would they be able (to produce it). Indeed they have been removed far from even
(a chance of) hearing it..” (Holy Quran Chapter ash-Shuara, 26: 210-212)
(٢٠٩) وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتۡ
بِهِ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ (٢١٠) وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمۡ وَمَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ (٢١١)
إِنَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّمۡعِ لَمَعۡزُولُونَ (٢١٢)
That
is, to bring something like that is contrary to the nature of Satan. Shaytan’s
have mischief and aberration in their nature; they will never state things that
order what is good that prohibit what is bad and that guide people to the right
way. Suppose that they wanted to do so, they would be dismissed from the sky by
angels and heavenly catapults.
There
exists a fine point in the fact that they were prevented from listening to the
Quran when it was revealed:
If
Shaytan’s could have listened to it, they would have informed the soothsayers
about it. Then, they would have said, “What was sent to Muhammad was sent to
such and such a soothsayer” and trust in the revelation would have been
unsettled. However, as it is stated by this verse: “"He (alone) knows the
Unseen, nor does He make any one acquainted with His Mysteries― "Except an
messenger whom He has chosen: and then He makes a band of watchers march before
him and behind him,”, guarding angels watched when the message was sent down to
the Prophet. (Holy Quran Chapter al-Jinn, 26-27)
One
of the wisdoms behind the fact that the angels observed is to prevent Satan
from trying to seem to the Prophet in the form of an angel. One of the issues
that devilish people who want to make people doubt the divine revelation bring
forward through “the revelation” they take from their own Shaytan’s is the
trash of “Satanic verses” or “the event of Gharaniq.
They
try to support their ideas through the following verses: “Never did We send an
messenger or a prophet before thee but when he framed a desire, Satan threw
some (vanity) into his desire: but Allah will cancel anything (vain) that Satan
throws in, and Allah will confirm (and establish) His Signs: for Allah is full
of knowledge and wisdom:
That
He may make the suggestions thrown in by Satan, but a trial for those in whose
hearts is a disease and who are hardened of heart: verily the wrongdoers are in
a schism far (from the Truth): And that those on whom knowledge has been
bestowed may learn that the (Qur'an) is the Truth from thy Lord, and that they
may believe therein, and their hearts may be made humbly (open) to it: for
verily Allah is the Guide of those who believe to the Straight Way.” (Holy
Quran Chapter al-Hajj, 52-54)
Zamakhshari,
an interpreter (mufassir), mentions the following narration while explaining
those verses:
The
tribe of Hazrat Prophet had turned away from him; his relatives had not
supported him; they had opposed him. The Messenger of Allah had been disturbed
by their turning away from him and desired them to become Muslims. Therefore,
he did not want anything that would drive them away from him to be revealed so
that they would tend to become Muslims and give up their obstinacy. When he was
together with people from his tribe and he was in such a state, the chapter of
an-Najm was sent down. He started to recite: When he was reading the verses
“Have ye seen Lat an Uzza? And another, the third (goddess) Manat?” (an-Najm,
53: 19-20),
(١٨)
أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱللَّـٰتَ وَٱلۡعُزَّىٰ (١٩) وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰٓ
(٢٠)
Satan
intervened his thoughts causing him delusion. The Prophet said, “These are the
exalted Gharaniq, whose intercession is hoped for” by mistake. The Messenger of
Allah did not notice that he said so. Then, he noticed it thanks to his
attribute of innocence. (There is also a narration stating that Jibril warned
him). Or according to another narration, Satan uttered that couplet. People
heard that couplet. When the Prophet prostrated at the end of the chapter, the
polytheists who were there prostrated complacently.
The
narration that led the enemies of the religion to the claim of “satanic verses”
and that became known as “Gharaniq” is what is explained above.
Now,
let us deal with the content of this narration in various aspects:
1.
It is a clear contradiction for those who reject the divine revelation to try
to use the Quran as evidence.
2.
That Zamakhshari quotes this narration does not mean that he accepts it. It is
possible that he quoted it as a piece of information.
3.
This narration was not accepted as true by most interpreters.
4.
The information that the chapter of an-Najm was recited and that the
polytheists prostrated together with the Muslims at the end of the chapter
exist in hadith collections but the sentence about Gharaniq does not exist.
For
instance, the following is reported in the Sahih of Bukhari from Ibn Mas’ud:
“The
first chapter in which a verse of prostration was sent is the chapter of
an-Najm. When this chapter was sent down, the Messenger of Allah prostrated.
The people who were there prostrated, too. However, I saw a man take a handful
of soil from the ground and prostrate on it.” (Bukhari, Tafsir, 53/4)
5.
In one of the narrations reported by Zamakhshari, it is stated that Satan
uttered that statement. Even if there were something like the event of
Gharaniq, it was an intervention in order to sabotage the recital of the
Prophet. As a matter of fact, today when a person makes a speech, his opponents
can shout slogans.
6.
When Yaqut al-Hamawi describes Uzza in his book, Mu’jamu’l-Buldan, he quotes
the poem mentioning Gharaniq and say polytheists recited that poem when they
circumambulated the Kaaba. Then, this statement does not belong to the Prophet;
it is Satanic delusion belonging to polytheists.
7.
The beginning of this chapter indicates clearly that this narration is wrong:
Nor
does he say (aught) of (his own) Desire. It is no less than inspiration sent
down to him. (Holy Quran Chapter an-Najm, 53: 3-4)
(٢) وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ
ٱلۡهَوَىٰٓ (٣) إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحۡىٌ۬ يُوحَىٰ (٤)
As
it is understood from the views quoted above, there is no indication showing
that Satan intervened in the revelation in the narration that is tried to be
made famous as “the Event of Gharaniq”. However, the religion is a testing. It
is stated in the verse that it was a mischief (fitnah). (Holy Quran Chapter
al-Hajj, 53) Fitnah lexically means to put metals like gold and silver into
fire to understand whether they are fake or not. As a result of this testing,
people with diamond spirits like Abu Bakr will be distinguished from people
with coal spirits like Abu Jahl.
(Part No 5)
*5.0 SATAN MAKE PEOPLE CONFUSE DREAM AND
REALITY*
The
most important and dangerous delusion of Satan is related to the issues of
belief. He carries it out by making people confuse dream and reality.
A
person can sometimes dream unbelief and polytheism. For instance,
“What
would happen if there were more than one god?”
“what
if everything ends with death? What if there is no hereafter?”
“What
if qadar binds us?…”
To
dream those things does not mean to accept them.
Islamic
scholars have determined this criterion: “to dream unbelief is not unbelief.”
When man dreams to eat something, his stomach is not filled; when he dreams to
have a fortune, he does not become rich; similarly, when he dreams unbelief, he
does not become an unbeliever.
The
dirt seen on the mirror is not dirt; the image of a snake on the mirror will
not bite; the image of the fire on the mirror will not burn. Similarly, the
dirty memories related to unbelief that come from outside without based on a
person’s will do not harm a person.
When
the Prophet was asked about the delusion caused by Satan, he said,
Does
a thief enter a house in which there is nothing? That is what belief is.
(Muslim, Iman, 211)
The
answer of the Prophet mentions a principle that relieves the people who suffer
delusions. That is, the delusions that come to the heart and that disturb the
heart do not harm belief; on the contrary, they prove belief because the heart
of the person who is exposed to delusions is disturbed by them; that is, he
does not accept those delusions. It shows the belief existing in him.
(Part No 6)
*6.0 SATAN APPROACHES FROM FOUR DIRECTIONS
TO CONFUSE*
When
Satan did not prostrate, he was dismissed from divine mercy. Since he was
punished because of man, he wanted authority from Allah in order to disturb and
deviate him. When he was given the authority, Satan said:
He
said: "Because thou hast thrown me out of the Way, lo! I will lie in wait
for them on Thy straight Way. "Then will I assault them from before them
and behind them, from their right and their left: nor wilt Thou find, in most
of them, gratitude (for Thy mercies). (Holy Quran Chapter al-A’raf, 7: 16-17)
(١٥) قَالَ فَبِمَآ
أَغۡوَيۡتَنِى لَأَقۡعُدَنَّ لَهُمۡ صِرَٲطَكَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَ (١٦) ثُمَّ
لَأَتِيَنَّهُم مِّنۢ بَيۡنِ أَيۡدِيہِمۡ وَمِنۡ خَلۡفِهِمۡ وَعَنۡ أَيۡمَـٰنِہِمۡ وَعَن شَمَآٮِٕلِهِمۡۖ
وَلَا تَجِدُ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ شَـٰكِرِينَ
What
is first understood from those sentences of Satan is that he tries to do his
best in order to make man deviate from the way to Allah. Satan is very
ambitious and determined regarding the issue. Satan is the greatest obstacle on
the way to Allah.
Satan
sits on the way of Islam for man and says to him,“Will you abandon the religion
of your ancestors?” He does not heed what Satan says and becomes a Muslim. Then
Satan sits on the way of migration and says to man, “If you leave your country,
wou will be lonely.” He does not heed what Satan says and migrates. Then, he
sits on the way of jihad and says to him, “If you go to the war, you will be
killed; your property will be shared by others; your wife will marry someone
else.” He overcomes this last obstacle, too. Then, he proceeds. (Holy Quran
Chapter Nasai, Jihad, 4: 19)
(١٨) يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمۡ أَن تَرِثُواْ ٱلنِّسَآءَ كَرۡهً۬اۖ
وَلَا تَعۡضُلُوهُنَّ لِتَذۡهَبُواْ بِبَعۡضِ مَآ ءَاتَيۡتُمُوهُنَّ إِلَّآ أَن يَأۡتِينَ بِفَـٰحِشَةٍ۬ مُّبَيِّنَةٍ۬ۚ
وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّ بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِۚ فَإِن كَرِهۡتُمُوهُنَّ فَعَسَىٰٓ أَن
تَكۡرَهُواْ شَيۡـًٔ۬ا وَيَجۡعَلَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِ خَيۡرً۬ا ڪَثِيرً۬ا (١٩)
Fakhraddin
Razi reports the following in his tafsir:
The
angels felt pity for man when they saw the resoluteness of Satan and said, “How
can man get rid of Satan when he has surrounded him from four directions?”
God
Almighty said to them,
“There
are two more directions as down and up. If man opens his hands upward and asks
from me in modesty? Or if he prostrates in awe? I will forgive his sins of
seventy years.”
The
approaching of Satan from the front, back, right and left can be understood in
different ways.
For
instance, there is the Doomsday and the hereafter in front of man; Satan makes
him deny them. There is the world behind him; Satan makes him turn toward the
world. When he approaches from the right, he tries to prevent man from doing
good deeds and charities.
For
instance, when man wants to give sadaqah, he tries to prevent him by saying,
“In fact, you need this and that; why do you give money to that beggar?” Or, he
acts upon the principle of the lesser of the two evils; he keeps man busy with
small charities to prevent him from doing big charities. He acts as if he wants
the goodness of man but prevents him from doing charities. For instance, he
persuades a man who can do big charities and serve believers to lead his own
life and prevents others from benefitting from him.
When
Satan approaches from the left, he makes man see bad deeds as good deeds by
decorating them; he wants to make man spiritually dirty through the stains of
sins.
From
another point of view, the four directions can be understood as follows: the
front as dream and imagination, the back as delusion and groundless fear, the
right as lust and the left as wrath.
Satan
keeps the imagination of man busy with wrong and superstitious things. As it is
known, man first imagines and then he does things. For instance, before a thief
burgles a house, he burgles it imaginatively many times; then, he burgles it in
reality. Every sin starts with imagination.
Satan
used delusion and groundless fear to prevent good deeds and charities. For
instance, when a person wants to give an important portion of his property away
as charity, Satan steps in and says to him, “what if you lose your work and
become needy in the future? What if this or that happens?...”, causing him to
make calculations; thus, he may prevent good deeds and charities.
Lust
is related to the desires of man. Satan deceives man regarding ranks, fame,
satisfying pleasures, etc.
Wrath
is related to the fury of man. There is a saying, “There is no mind in the
fury.” When fury is active in man, the mind becomes deactivated; that person
becomes ready to do any madness due to the encouragement of Satan. For
instance, when the cow of a person enters his neighbor’s garden and eats one or
two tomatoes, his neighbor utters such bad words that a reasonable mind will
not approve them; or, he acts so foolishly that even a child does not behave
like that. Sometimes, it may continue until one of them kills the other. One of
them goes to the grave and the other to prison; he lives regretfully until the
end of his life.
Shaqiq
Balhi, a great saint, says the following, which can be regarded as the
interpretation of the verse above:
“I
am attacked by Satan from four directions every morning. When he comes from the
front, he says, “Do whatever you want. Allah is the Forgiver and the
All*Compassionate.” I answer him uttering this verse:
Tell
My servants that I am indeed the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful; And that My
Penalty will be indeed the most grievous Penalty. (Holy Quran Chapter al-Hijr,
15: 49-50)
(٤٨) ۞ نَبِّئۡ عِبَادِىٓ
أَنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ (٤٩) وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلۡعَذَابُ
ٱلۡأَلِيمُ (٥٠)
When
he approaches from behind, he frightens me mentioning the possibility of the
risk of poverty for me and my family. Then, I read him the following verse:
There
is no moving creature on earth but its sustenance depends on Allah... (Holy
Quran Chapter Hud, 11:6)
(٥) ۞ وَمَا مِن
دَآبَّةٍ۬ فِى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ رِزۡقُهَا وَيَعۡلَمُ
مُسۡتَقَرَّهَا وَمُسۡتَوۡدَعَهَاۚ كُلٌّ۬ فِى ڪِتَـٰبٍ۬ مُّبِينٍ۬ (٦)
When
he approaches from the right, he tries to praise and elevate me mentioning my
good deeds; he says, “There is no one who worships like you in the world.” I
silence him by reading the following verse:
...So
persevere patiently: for the End is for those who are righteous. (Holy Quran
Chapter Hud, 11: 49)
(٤٨) تِلۡكَ مِنۡ
أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ نُوحِيہَآ إِلَيۡكَۖ مَا كُنتَ تَعۡلَمُهَآ أَنتَ وَلَا
قَوۡمُكَ مِن قَبۡلِ هَـٰذَاۖ فَٱصۡبِرۡۖ إِنَّ ٱلۡعَـٰقِبَةَ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ (٤٩)
(That
is, it is necessary to see the end of it, not today. When a person sets out to
go somewhere, he is not regarded to be successful until re reaches his
destination. For instance, if a person who drives to Ankara from Istanbul has
an accident in the last kilometer, he cannot reach his destination.)
When
he approaches from the left, he shows me the beauties and the lustful pleasures
of the world; he tries to arouse my pleasures. Then, I remind him the following
divine statement:
…And
between them and their desires, is placed a barrier ―. (Holy Quran Chapter
Saba’, 54)
(٥٣) وَحِيلَ بَيۡنَہُمۡ
وَبَيۡنَ مَا يَشۡتَہُونَ كَمَا فُعِلَ بِأَشۡيَاعِهِم مِّن قَبۡلُۚ إِنَّہُمۡ
كَانُواْ فِى شَكٍّ۬ مُّرِيبِۭ (٥٤)
(That
is, the people of Hell are terrified when they are exposed to the torture of
Hell; there will be no desires left for them. For instance, when the most
beautiful meals are put before a person who undergoes torture, he will not
desire them.)
When
I recite them, Satan returns without obtaining anything.”
(Part No 7)
*7.0 SATAN TRIES TO STEAL MAN’S BELIEF*
Satan
is a thief; he tries to steal the most valuable jewel of man in his heart, that
is, his belief. Today, the doubts that are seen almost everywhere regarding
belief prove that Satan works very hard to this end. For 70 years, a delusion
like, “Religion is the opium of the people” was one of the fundamental
principles of a state that was based on communism. In that system, a war had
been declared against “what is sacred”. Nowadays, religion is in a more
respectable state worldwide. However, the delusions of Satan regarding the
issue are not over.
Satan
insists on stealing the belief of man. He insists until the last minute. Even
in football, there may be surprises in the last minute; similarly, Satan works
hard to steal even the belief of people who have taqwa through his delusions in
their deathbed and to send them from this world as deniers.
Theoretically,
it is possible for Satan to steal the belief of a person but people who have
strong belief get ready for the last minute throughout their life; therefore,
their belief is under protection; even if Shaytan’s come with their armies,
they will not be able to do anything to them. Their belief is not in their mind
only; it is in the depths of their hearts; Shaytan’s cannot penetrate into
those depths.
(Part No 8)
*8.0 SATAN LEADS PEOPLE TO FIRE*
The
one who was created out of fire will end up in fire. However, he does not want
to be alone in fire; he wants to have many people, who were sent to the earth
as vicegerents, with him in fire!
If
anyone withdraws himself from remembrance of Most Gracious, We appoint for him
an evil one to be an intimate companion to him. Such (evil ones) really hinder
them from the Path but they think that they are being guided aright! At length
when (such a one) comes to Us, he says (to his evil companion): "Would
that between me and thee were the distance of East and West!" Ah! Evil is
the companion (indeed)! When ye have done wrong, it will avail you nothing,
that day, that ye shall be partners in punishment!. (Holy Quran Chapter
az-Zukhruf, 43:36-39)
(٣٥) وَمَن يَعۡشُ عَن
ذِكۡرِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ نُقَيِّضۡ لَهُ ۥ شَيۡطَـٰنً۬ا فَهُوَ لَهُ ۥ قَرِينٌ۬ (٣٦)
وَإِنَّہُمۡ لَيَصُدُّونَہُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَيَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّہُم مُّهۡتَدُونَ (٣٧)
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ يَـٰلَيۡتَ بَيۡنِى وَبَيۡنَكَ بُعۡدَ
ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ فَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡقَرِينُ (٣٨) وَلَن يَنفَعَڪُمُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ إِذ ظَّلَمۡتُمۡ
أَنَّكُمۡ فِى ٱلۡعَذَابِ مُشۡتَرِكُونَ (٣٩)
It
is understood that the bodies of those who follow Satan will burn in fire and
their spirits will burn in repentance. However, this last repentance will not
be of any use; they will not be able to be saved from fire.
It
is necessary to be protected from Satan so as not to suffer such a disastrous
end. First, it is necessary to know the ways of protection from Satan and then
to apply them. In the next chapter, the way of protection from Satan will be
explained. To apply them is up to the volitional resoluteness of the
individual. A person who does not use the medicine he has cannot be cured. If
one does not apply the means of protection from Satan, they will not be of any
use
(Part No 9)
*9.0 SUMMARY OF WHAT ARE THE TRAPS (TRICKS)
OF SATAN; HIS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MAN’S ACTIONS
AND HIS ACTIVITIES ON MANKIND?*
The
Traps (Tricks) Of Satan on Mankind include the following and more:
1)
Human Dead Hearts,
2)
Satan’s False Hopes Misleading Mankind,
3)
Satan’s Strategies on Mankind: To Make You a Rejecter (Kafir),
4)
The Three Open Doors of Iblees (The Devil); Babul Ghadab - The Door of Anger,
5)
The Three Open Doors of Iblees (The Devil); The Door of Desires,
6)
The Three Open Doors of Iblees (The Devil); The Door of Ghaflah (Negligence,
7)
Satan’s Strategies on Mankind: To Commit Bid’ah,
8)
Satan’s Strategies on Mankind: To Commit Major Sins,
9)
Satan’s Strategies on Mankind: Minor Sins,
10)
Satan’s Strategies on Mankind: Wasting Worldly Time,
11)
Satan Makes People Worship Invalid Gods,
12)
Satan’s Strategies on Mankind: An All- Out Attack on mankind,
13)
Satan Uses Demagoguery ,
14)
Satan Keeps People Busy With Meaningless Things and Nonsense,
15)
Satan Wants To Interfere In the Nature Created By Allah,
16)
Satan Causes Delusions in Prayer (Salah, Satan Makes People Yawn,
17)
Satan’s Strategies on Mankind: Taking Lesser Of Two Good Deeds,
18)
Satan Tries To Prevent People from Prostrating,
19)
Satan Makes Man Look from a Wrong Point Of View,
20)
Satan Leads People to Aberration under The Disguise Of Impartiality,
21)
Satan Leads People to Imitate Others, Satan Utters Grandiose and Flowery Words,
22)
Satan Subverts the Criteria of Value,
23)
Satan Drives a Wedge between People,
24)
Satan Does Not Let Man Confess His Mistakes, Satan Frightens People,
25)
Satan Leaves People in the Lurch,
26)
Satan Encourages People to Drink Alcohol and To Gamble,
27)
Satan Proceeds To the Target, Step By Step,
28)
Satan Leads People to Wrong Conclusions by Acting Upon Some Truths,
29)
Satan Leads People to the Precipice,
30)
Satan Makes Sins Seem Nice,
31)
Satan Keeps People Busy With False Desires,
32)
Satan makes people forget,
33)
Satan proceeds to the target step by step,
34)
Satan strives against prophets also,
35)
Satan deceives scholars also,
36)
The nonsense of Satanic Verses,
37)
Satan approaches from four directions,
38)
Satan tries to steal man’s belief,
39)
Satan leads people to fire
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