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LIVING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE QUR'AN

Satan is your enemy so treat him as an enemy. He summons his
party so they will be among the people of the Searing Blaze. (Surah
Fatir, 6)

You who believe! Do not follow in the footsteps of Satan. Anyone
who follows in Satan’s footsteps should know that he commands
indecency and wrongdoing. Were it not for God’s favour to you and
His mercy, not one of you would ever have been purified. But God
purifies whoever He wills. God is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Surat
an-Nur, 21)
Children of Adam! Do not let Satan tempt you into trouble as He

expelled your parents from the Garden, stripping them of their
covering and disclosing to them their private parts. He and his
tribe see you from where you do not see them. We have made the
Satans friends of those who have no faith. (Surat al-A’raf, 27)
That was only Satan who intimidated his adherents. But do not fear
them–fear Me if you are believers. (Surah Al ‘Imran, 175)
Do not let Satan bar your way. He truly is an outright enemy to you.
(Surat az-Zukhruf, 62)

Say: ‘Are we to call on something besides God which can neither
help nor harm us, and to turn on our heels after God has guided us,
like someone the Satans have lured away in the earth, leaving him
confused and stupefied, despite the fact that he has companions
calling him to guidance, saying, “Come with us!”?’ Say: ‘God’s
guidance, that is true guidance. We are commanded to submit as

Muslims to the Lord of all the worlds.’ (Surat al-An’am, 71)
You who believe! Wine and gambling, stone altars and divining
arrows are filth from the handiwork of Satan. Avoid them complete-
ly so that hopefully you will be successful. (Surat al-Ma’idah, 90)

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