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them in insolence and disbelief. We have incited power and cavalry you can muster, to terrify the
enmity and hatred between them until the Day of enemies of Allah and your enemies, and others
Rising. Each time they kindle the fire of war, besides them whom you do not know. Allah
Allah extinguishes it. They rush about the earth knows them. Anything you spend in the Way of
corrupting it. Allah does not love corrupters. Allah will be repaid to you in full. You will not be
(5:64) wronged. (8:60)
Satan wants to stir up enmity and hatred between If Allah returns you to a group of them, and they
you by means of wine and gambling, and to ask you for permission to go out, say, ‘You will
debar you from remembrance of Allah and from never go out with me, nor will you ever fight an
prayer. Will you not then give them up? (5:91) enemy with me. You were happy to stay behind
In this way We have appointed as enemies to the first time, so stay behind with those who are
every Prophet Satans from both mankind and left behind.’ (9:83)
from the jinn, who inspire each other with delu- Ibrahim would not have asked forgiveness for his
sions by means of specious words–if your Lord father but for a promise he made to him, and
had willed, they would not have done it, so when it became clear to him that he was an
abandon them and all they fabricate. (6:112) enemy of Allah, he renounced him. Ibrahim was
And also (He provides) animals for riding and for tender-hearted and forbearing. (9:114)
haulage and animals for slaughtering and for It was not for people of Madina, and the desert
wool. Eat what Allah has provided for you and arabs around them, to remain behind the
do not follow in the footsteps of Satan. He is an Messenger of Allah nor to prefer themselves to
outright enemy to you. (6:142) him. That is because no thirst or weariness or
So he enticed them to do it by means of trickery. hunger will afflict them in the Way of Allah, nor
Then when they tasted the tree, their private parts will they take a single step to infuriate the disbe-
were disclosed to them and they started stitching lievers, nor secure any gain from the enemy,
together the leaves of the Garden in order to without a right action being written down for
cover themselves. Their Lord called out to them, them because of it. Allah does not let the wage of
‘Did I not forbid you this tree and say to you, the good-doers go to waste. (9:120)
"Satan is an outright enemy to you"?’ (7:22) We brought the tribe of Israel across the sea and
He said, ‘Go down from here as enemies to each Pharaoh and his troops pursued them out of
other! You will have residence on the earth and tyranny and enmity. Then, when he was on the
enjoyment for a time.’ (7:24) point of drowning, he said, ‘I believe that there is
They said, ‘We suffered harm before you came to no god but Him in whom the tribe of Israel be-
us and after you came to us.’ He (Musa) said, ‘It lieve. I am one of the Muslims.’ (10:90)
may well be that your Lord is going to destroy He (Yusuf's father) said, ‘My son, don’t tell your
your enemy and make you the successors in the brothers your dream lest they devise some
land so that He can see how you behave.’ (7:129) scheme to injure you, Satan is a clear-cut enemy
When Musa returned to his people in anger and to man.’ (12:5)
great sorrow, he said, ‘What an evil thing you did Say to My servants that they should only say the
in my absence after I left! Did you want to hasten best. Satan wants to stir up trouble between
your Lord’s command?’ He threw down the them. Satan is an outright enemy to man. (17:53)
Tablets and seized hold of his brother’s head, When We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate your-
dragging him towards him. Harun said, ‘Son of selves to Adam,’ they prostrated with the excep-
my mother, The people oppressed me and almost tion of Diabolis. He was one of the jinn and
killed me. Do not give my enemies cause to gloat wantonly deviated from his Lord’s command. Do
over me. Do not include me with the wrongdo- you take him and his offspring as protectors apart
ing people.’ (7:150) from Me when they are your enemy? How evil is
Arm yourselves against them with all the fire- the exchange the wrongdoers make! (18:50)
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