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and trying to retain respect by doing so will cause a person real loss
both in this world and the next. However, making a decision to con-
form unconditionally to the rules of the Qur'an and our Prophet
(may Allah bless him and grant him peace) is honest, sincere,
civilised and courageous. At the same time, a person who does so
has proved what a strong, honest and sound character he or she has.
The real weakness is remaining silent in the face of Satan's cajolery
and thus obeying Satan.

Being A Member of Satan's Faction…
As mentioned in the first part of this book, prophets and those
sincere Muslims urging people to follow the prophets who have
come to enlighten them, have always met with this kind of rejection.
Leaders who try and turn people away from the prophets and from
following the true religion have always used the same methods and
put forward the same excuses. What can explain this symmetry? Is
there a book such leaders follow? Or do they themselves follow a
leader, the same one since the dawn of humanity?
Indeed, the fundamental reason underlying people's attempts to
reject the prophets' call is that people who are remote from religious
morality take their orders from the same place and heed the words

of the same leader. This leader, who prevents people from praying
to Allah, following the words of the prophets and finding the right
path is Satan. Satan is the one who inspires the eminent ones among
people, who may be economically or spiritually influential, as men-
tioned in the beginning of this part, to encourage their followers to re-
ject the true path of religion.
Allah warns us that by distancing themselves from what is good,
people are following the path of Satan, when He says in the Qur'an,
"… What they call on is an arrogant Satan." (Surat an-Nisa': 117).