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Who Are The Real Good and The Real Evil?

The Evil Avoid Being With The Good and

Feel Enmity Towards Them

We have stressed many times that the evil ones behave
under the inspiration of Satan. Whether they admit this fact
or not, you can recognize the influence of Satan in their
words, attitudes and decisions. That is why their attitude
towards the good is the same as Satan's. Even before the
wicked were created, Satan had rejected the company of the
good and waged an unrelenting struggle against them. God
makes this posture of Satan clear in the following verses:
Then the angels prostrated all together, every one of

them – except Iblis. He disdained to be one of the
prostrators. He said, 'Iblis, what is it that prevents you
being among the prostrators? 'He said, 'I will not
prostrate to a human being whom You have created out
of dried clay formed from fetid black mud.' (Surat al-
Hijr: 30-33)
At a closer look, we also see that the essential
characteristics of evil people today is also an insistence on
avoiding the good, an obnoxious attitude towards them,

arrogance, disobedience and rebellion. On top of all that,
Satan is firmly committed to averting people from goodness
and what is beautiful, and to leading them astray.
All of these indicate that those who strive together
against goodness and try to eradicate the faith people have in
God and the Hereafter, and moral values like sacrifice and
loyalty, share the same common traits. However, it is
impossible for these people to attain success; both in this
world and beyond. God will pay them back what they