Page 47 - What the Qur'an Says about Liars and Their Methods

Lying is Cooperation With Satan
He believes that he gains by drawing people to his side. In fact,
he can divert as many people as he likes, but he will never gain
anything from doing so. He will live in the torment of Hell for
eternity, along with those whom he deceived. In addition, he
plans his activities without realizing that he has already fallen
into a very big plan devised by Allah. As Allah informs us in
the verses above, He allows Satan to separate good people
from bad people. In other words, Satan is only a tool for testing
people in this worldly life, a means of revealing people's true
faces, and thus has no authority over people. However, he will
not benefit in any way even if he leads countless people away
from Allah's path. On the contrary, he will only ensure that
more people are driven into Hell along with him.
Regardless of how deft Satan's methods are, the believers
never engage in any behavior that would justify them. They
behave and speak in such a way that they always show clearly
and definitely that they are on Allah's side.
According to their lives and their speech, as described in
the Qur'an, the Prophets are the best example of this. They al-
ways made Allah their Friend and Protector, and were Satan's
greatest enemies. Allah states the difference between those
who believe and those who do not in the following terms:
Allah is the Protector of those who believe. He brings
them out of the darkness into the light. But those who
do not believe have false deities as protectors. They
take them from the light into the darkness. Those are
the Companions of the Fire, remaining in it time-
lessly, forever. (Surat al-Baqara, 2:257)

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