Page 65 - Those Who Do Not Heed The Qur'an

THE ORDERS GIVEN BY SATAN TO DISTANCE PEOPLE 63
FROM THE QUR'AN

It is common practice for those who resist faith to prefer each
other's company and to avoid being alone with a believer: they
draw their strength from the unbelieving crowds, and are uncom-
fortable being alone with believers.
But the faithful, who accept Allah as their friend and guardian,
are resigned to providence, and their faith remains unshaken at all
times and under all circumstances. Allah tells us how the faithful
proceed on the basis of the power of faith when they are greatly out-
numbered by those opposing them:
Those to whom people said, "The people have gathered against
you, so fear them." But that merely increased their Faith and
they said, "Allah is enough for us and the Best of Guardians."
(Surah Al 'Imran: 173)

Without any doubt the faithful are those who find their salvation
in surrendering themselves thus to Allah. On the Day of Judgment,
those who have adopted Satan and accepted him as their friend, are
filled with regret and say that they have been left utterly alone. This
shows the false path they followed.
The Kingdom that Day will belong in truth to the All-Merciful.
It will be a hard Day for the disbelievers, the Day when a
wrongdoer will bite his hands and say, "Alas for me! If only I
had gone the way of the Messenger! Alas for me! If only I had
not taken so-and-so for a friend! He led me astray from the
Reminder after it came to me." Satan always leaves man in the
lurch. The Messenger says, "My Lord, my people treat this
Qur'an as something to be ignored." (Surat al-Furqan: 26-30)