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such people have fallen under satan’s influence and have
become his “squadron,” one can easily understand why
they are so hostile to the believers.
The Qur’an also tells us about those who seek to divert
believers from the true path:
And likewise in every city We set up its greatest
wrongdoers to plot in it. They plot against themselves
alone, but they are not aware of it. (Surat al-An‘am:
123)
Allah tells us about the traps and assaults organized by
satan’s “prominent friends.” For example, those who plot-
ted Musa’s (as) death were prominent men of the city
(Surat al-Qasas: 20) who also undertook to provoke the
people’s rejection of him by calling him a “skilled magi-
cian” (Surat al-A‘raf 109). In the next verse, they sought to
provoke a public reaction by proclaiming his preaching to
be a threat and a matter of state by saying: “(He) desires to
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their influence, they imposed the death penalty on him for
stirring up strife by asking them: “So, what do you recom-
mend?”
Harun Yahya
