Page 21 - The Silent Language Of Evil

Harun Yahya

Hell that he endures. There is no escape from the pangs of Hell; they
will last forever and are filled with unbearable pain.
One must understand the great danger that satan tries to draw
them into and must be vigilant against his stratagems and assaults.
To do this, he must read the Qur'an as our guide, where he can find
absolute truth about satan. There, Allah tells about satan's character,
aims, the methods he uses against people—and how he can render
those means ineffective.
The first thing we must realize is that satan has no power of his
own. He, like all creatures, was created by Allah. His struggle on the
side of evil and against human beings remains under Allah's control.
And He has created the world as an arena of testing human beings
to learn who, in this earthly life, will do good and who will incline
toward evil.
And as a part of this arena of testing by satan and the lower self
calling us to evil, Allah has created the conscience to inspire us every
moment toward good. Opposing the lower self, the conscience al-
ways tells us what is right in the face of satan's instigations and
urges us to act in ways pleasing to Allah. Therefore, a person who
listens to his conscience can easily become immune to the calls of

satan and his lower self to commit evil. Allah tells us about this in
the Qur'an:
And [I swear by] the self and what proportioned it and in-
spired it with depravity or sense of duty, he who purifies it
has succeeded, he who covers it up has failed. (Surat ash-
Shams: 7-10)
Another important thing to know about satan is that he has by
no means any coercive authority over human beings. All he can do is
urge us to follow him. Though he makes suggestions in this direc-

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