Page 354 - Learning from the Qur'an

Did I not make a contract with you, tribe of Adam, not to worship
satan, who truly is an outright enemy to you. (Qur'an, 36:60)
He said, 'My son, don't tell your brothers your dream lest they
devise some scheme to injure you, satan is a clear-cut enemy to
man. (Qur'an, 12:5)

HE GIVES EVIL IMPULSES AND FALSE HOPES
I will lead them astray and fill them with false hopes. I will
command them and they will cut off cattle's ears. I will command
them and they will change Allah's creation.' Anyone who takes
satan as his protector in place of Allah has clearly lost everything.
He makes promises to them and fills them with false hopes. But
what satan promises them is nothing but delusion. (Qur'an, 4:119-
120)
If an evil urge from satan eggs you on, seek refuge in Allah.He is
the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. (Qur'an, 41:36)
Then satan whispered to them, disclosing to them their private
parts that had been concealed from them. He said, 'Your Lord has
only forbidden you this tree lest you become angels or among
those who live for ever.' (Qur'an, 7:20)
But satan whispered to him, saying, 'Adam, shall I show you the
way to the Tree of Everlasting Life and to a kingdom which will
never fade away?' (Qur'an, 20:120)

HE ENCOURAGES EXTRAVAGANCE
Squanderers are brothers to the satans, and satan was ungrateful
to his Lord. (Qur'an, 17:27)

HE THREATENS PEOPLE WITH POVERTY
AND COMMANDS THEM TO BE AVARICIOUS
Satan threatens you with poverty and commands you to avarice.
Allah promises you forgiveness from Him and abundance. Allah
is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing. (Qur'an, 2:268)

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