INDEX
CHAPTER ONE...................................................................................................................... 6WHO IS THE DEVIL............................................................................................................. 6
The Description of The Devil ............................................................................................... 7 Beginning of Sin ................................................................................................................... 9 The Reality of Satan............................................................................................................ 10 No Superiority of a Component Over Another ................................................................... 12 And He fell into Sin ............................................................................................................ 13
CHAPTER TWO................................................................................................................... 15THE SIN OF SATAN............................................................................................................ 15
Pride Belongs to Allah Alone ............................................................................................. 16 Worldly Life…an Abode of Trial ....................................................................................... 18 On The Doors of Masjids.................................................................................................... 20
CHAPTER THREE .............................................................................................................. 24ADAM AND SATAN ............................................................................................................ 24
It is not The Paradise of Eternity......................................................................................... 25 The First Heavenly Laws .................................................................................................... 27 The Start of Sin ................................................................................................................... 29 And The Shameful Parts of Man were Disclosed ............................................................... 31
CHAPTER FOUR ................................................................................................................. 34ADAM’S GUILT….AND SATAN’S GUILT...................................................................... 34
A Struggle in Worldly Life ................................................................................................. 38
CHAPTER FIVE................................................................................................................... 43THE DEVIL’S DOORWAY INTO MANKIND................................................................. 43
The Difference Between The Two Whisperings................................................................. 44 Searching For Weakness..................................................................................................... 45 Whispering During Prayer .................................................................................................. 46 Superiority of Satan’s Element ........................................................................................... 48 Complementarity….Not Repetition .................................................................................... 49
CHAPTER SIX...................................................................................................................... 51SATAN AND HIS SOLDIERS............................................................................................. 51
Satan in The Battle of Badr................................................................................................. 52 No Punishment Because of Coercion.................................................................................. 53 Allah Championed His Messengers.................................................................................... 57
PORTRAYAL OF SATAN THROUGH QURANIC VERSES ........................................ 59
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“Shaytân(Satan)said,‘ByYourMight,OLord!Iwillgoonluring Yourservantsaslong astheirsoulsaresillintheirbodies.’TheLordsaid,‘ByMyMightandMajesty!Iwillkeepforgiving them,aslong astheykeepinvoking Meforforgiveness.’”[MusnadAhmad3:29](1)
(1) Ayahandhadithquotedbytrans.
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Say,‘IseekrefugeintheLordofdaybreakFromtheevilofthatwhichHecreatedAndfromtheevilofdarknesswhenitsettlesAndfromtheeviloftheblowersinknotsAndfromtheevilofanenvierwhenheenvies.’
Say,‘IseekrefugeintheLordofmankind,TheSovereignofmankind.TheGodofmankind,Fromtheeviloftheretreatingwhisperer(3)–Whowhispers[evil]intothebreastsofmankind–Fromamongthejinnandmankind.’
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