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on your straight path. Then I will come at them, from in front of them
and behind them, from their right and from their left. You will not find
most of them thankful.' (Surat al-A'raf, 16-17)
The Influence of Satan
He said, 'My Lord, because You misled me, I will make things on the
earth seem good to them and I will mislead them all, every one of
them, except Your servants among them who are sincere.' He said,
'This is a Straight Path to Me. (Surat al-Hijr, 39-41)
'But as for My servants, you will not have any authority over them.'
Your Lord suffices as a guardian. (Surat al-Isra', 65)
'You have no authority over any of My servants except for the misled
who follow you.' Hell is the promised meeting-place for all of them.
(Surat al-Hijr, 42-43)
Satan is Driven Out
He said, 'Go! And as for any who follow you, your repayment is
Hell, repayment in full! Stir up any of them you can with your voice
and rally against them your cavalry and your infantry and share with
them in their children and their wealth and make them promises! The
promise of Satan is nothing but delusion. (Surat al-Isra', 63-64)
He said, 'Get out of it, reviled and driven out. As for those of them
who follow you, I will fill up Hell with every one of you.' (Surat al-
A'raf, 18)
The Testing of the Prophet Adam (as)
'Adam, live in the Garden, you and your wife, and eat of it wherever
you like. But do not go near this tree lest you become wrongdoers.'
(Surat al-A'raf, 19)
We said, 'Adam, live in the Garden, you and your wife, and eat
freely from it wherever you will. But do not approach this tree and so
become wrongdoers.' (Surat al-Baqara, 35)
We said, 'Adam, this is an enemy for you and your wife, so do not let
him expel you from the Garden and thus make you miserable. You will
not go hungry in it or suffer from nakedness. You will not go thirsty in
it or burn in the sun.' (Surah Ta Ha, 117-119)
We made a contract with Adam before, but he forgot. We did not