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themselves are needy. Those people who are safe-guarded from
the avarice of their own selves are successful. (Surat al-Hashr, 9)

This behavior of the faithful, as depicted in the Qur'an, is the result
of the extreme patience they display while following their
consciences.

Ignoring Satan's wiles

When Allah created Prophet Adam (as), He required all angels to
prostrate to him. However, Iblis rebelled against Allah's order and
refused to do so.
Faced with Satan's rebellion, Allah cast him out of Paradise and
declared him cursed until the end of time. But Satan demanded that
Allah allow him to tempt people to loose themselves in the allures of
this world until the Day of Judgment, when they would be
resurrected. Allah granted this, but also declared that Satan would
have no power over His faithful servants:

He [Satan] said: "My Lord, because You misled me, I will make
things on Earth seem good to them, and I will mislead them all,
every one of them, except those of Your servants among them
who are sincere." He [Allah] said: "This is a Straight Path to Me.
You have no authority over any of My servants, except for the
misguided who follow you." (Surat al-Hijr, 39-42)
As can be seen, after Adam (as) was created, Satan began working
to tempt people to stray from Allah's path. Thus, the faithful are

responsible for showing patience by their continual awareness of the
traps that Satan sets for them and their refusal to yield to his
whispering.
Satan approaches all people with a variety of illusions and deceits.
People may encounter his plots quite often in their daily lives, for