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THE SOURCES OF EVIL:

THE LOWER SELF AND SATAN

The Qur'an tells us that there are two main sources of evil. The
first is the lower self, which constantly urges us to do bad things.
With its suggestions, the lower self unceasingly tries to distance us
from the true path and leads us to disaster. The Qur'an tells us about
this aspect of the lower self:
[Yusuf said,] "I do not say my self was free from blame. The
self indeed commands to evil acts—except for those my
Lord has mercy on..." (Surah Yusuf: 53)

Another being supports the lower self and urges people to be-
have in a negative and unseemly ways: that is satan. The Qur'an
tells us that satan calls people only to commit evil:
He [satan] only commands you to do evil and indecent acts
and to say about Allah what you do not know. (Surat al-
Baqara: 169)
Satan and the lower self will struggle to the last to draw hu-
mans into evil. To achieve this, satan will try every method and re-
sort to every kind of trick. His aim is to make people suffer the same

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