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24 Hours in the Life of a Muslim
24 Hours in the Life of a Muslim

Vigilance against the wiles
of satan

As Allah says in the Qur'an, satan is always trying to divert
people from the right path and to take them away from Allah's
deen and the teachings of the Qur'an. Satan continues his work
twenty four hours a day; without making any distinction between
rich and poor, young and old, pretty or unattractive, and he ex-
pends much effort trying to mislead everyone. He feels resent-
ment towards everyone no matter who they are.
Satan was filled with this resentment at the creation of the
first human being. After Allah created Adam, He ordered satan to
prostrate to him but satan was filled with pride and jealousy; he

disobeyed Allah and refused to prostrate. As a result of this re-
bellion and insolence he was driven from the Presence of Allah.
Our Lord tells us about this in the Qur'an:
We created you and then formed you and then We said to the
angels, "Prostrate before Adam," and they prostrated—except
for Iblis. He was not among those who prostrated. He (Allah)

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