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Introduction

Hell. The fact is, however, that the Devil poses a serious danger to man,

and is his declared enemy. In a verse, God reveals:
The Devil is your enemy so treat him as an enemy. He summons his
party so they will be among the people of the Searing Blaze.
(Qur'an, 35: 6)

One of the most devious quagmires that the Devil sets up for peo-
ple is conflict, terror and anarchy. As God revealed in another verse,
"The Devil wants to stir up trouble between them" (Qur'an, 17: 53); to
destroy feelings of friendship, love, compassion, forgiveness, peace
and trust between people, and to incite them towards violence, are the
objectives of the Devil. However, one point should be stressed here.
Although the Devil appears to be a creature who is active on many
fronts, he is, in fact, under God's control and is His subject. He knows
that God has granted him a set time until the day of judgement, and
that he will have to pay for sins when that time comes. The promises he
fabricates to encourage people to join him, and the schemes he sets in

motion, are all part of his deceptions. God describes this fact of the
Devil:
They are like the Devil when he says to a human being,
"Disbelieve," and then when he disbelieves, says, "I wash my hands
of you. Truly I fear God, the Lord of all the worlds." (Surat al-Hasr:
16)

Nevertheless, the Devil is able to influence certain people (those
who do not believe in God, and who do not know or fear Him as they
should). The degree of this influence depends on the circumstances. He
is often behind certain events which impel human societies into disas-
ter and which cause harm to the innocent. One of the greatest sources of
misery effected by the Devil in our time is, without a doubt, terrorism.
The hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, also
mention that, during the end times, a devilish power will emerge, one