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Satan Instructs People in an Evil Form of Courage

society, if they do not fear Allah, they will be prone to the evil moral-
ity of Satan.
One who follows Satan is capable of every kind of evil imagina-
ble. Because, Satan incites him to false courage, deceives him with
his coaxing, and encourages him to do evil without remorse. He
shares his same corruption. Allah invited him to prostrate to Adam

(as). Yet, out of pride, he showed false courage, refusing to comply,
and so became perverse. This perversion of his, which serves as a
warning for humanity, is described in the Qur'an as follows:
We created you and then formed you and then We said to
the angels, "Prostrate before Adam," and they prostrated—
except for Iblis. He was not among those who prostrated.
He said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I

commanded you to?" He replied, "I am better than him. You
created me from fire and You created him from clay."
He said, "Descend from Heaven. It is not for you to be arro -
gant in it. So get out! You are one of the abased."
He said, "Grant me a reprieve until the day they are raised
up."
He said, "You are one of the reprieved."
He said, "By Your misguidance of me, I will lie in ambush
for them 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."
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, 12-18)

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