Page 45 - What the Qur'an Says about Liars and Their Methods

Lying is Cooperation With Satan
Satan are bound to their ego, pride, personal interests, and
wishes. Thus, they evade justice and truth. Satan deceives peo-
ple through such weaknesses, and uses various methods to di-
vert them from Allah's path. Given this, those who do not
behave honestly and confess their lies are serving Satan and
displaying their attachment to him. This means that Satan can
deceive such people on matters other than lying, thereby bind-
ing them to himself because their self is not strong enough to
make them abandon their lies and adopt the Qur'anic morality.
After a while, Satan can prevent them from getting up for
morning prayers, behaving in a self-sacrificing way, and per-
forming those tasks of which Allah approves.
Consequently, people need to sever all ties with Satan. A
lot of people think that heeding Satan from time to time is
harmless. In fact, this is one of Satan's methods. He accepts
those who follow him on one point, even though they conform
to Allah's will on every other matter. For example, if such peo-
ple cannot exercise their willpower in order to stop lying, this
is a gain for Satan.
Those who obey Allah and show their devotion to Him at
every moment hope that He will be pleased with them. If they
perform all types of worship, sacrifice themselves, and show
steadfast morality while still being capable of lying, they are
nevertheless showing their devotion to Satan in at least one
area of life.
Allah informs people of an important truth in the follow-
ing verse:
They assign to Allah a share of the crops and live-
stock He has created, saying: "This is for Allah,"—as
they allege—"and this is for our idols." Their idols'
share does not reach Allah, whereas Allah's share

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