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What Lies Do People Deceive

Themselves with?

atan tries to attract people to his path with a variety of decep-

tive stratagems, blandishments and promises. By making
S them forget the purpose of creation, he directs people towards
worldly advantages and fleeting ambitions. If a person heeds Satan's
call and sets his face against the call of our Lord, it becomes impossible
for him to see the truth. Allah has told us about the condition of such
people in Surat az-Zukhruf:
If someone shuts his eyes to the remembrance of the All-
Merciful, We assign him a satan who becomes his bosom
friend – they debar them from the path, yet they still think
they are guided – so that, when he reaches Us, he says, "If
only there was the distance of the two Easts between you and
me!" What an evil companion! It will not benefit you today,
since you did wrong, that you share equally in the punish-
ment. Can you make the dead hear or guide the blind and
those who are patently misguided? (Surat az-Zukhruf: 36-40)
As can be seen from the above verses, Allah describes these peo-