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God, and does all in his power to weaken believers and draw the
life out of them, to impair their excitement and enthusiasm, and
thus reduce their eagerness. Satan's objective is to deceive people
in this world by whispering into their hearts false concerns and

worries and thus leads them to ruin. His activity in this regard is
revealed in the following verse: "[Satan said,] 'I will lead them
astray and fill them with false hopes.'" (Surat an-Nisa': 119) As
he does with everyone, satan strives to approach believers in var-
ious ways and to portray good and auspicious things as evil. By
making tasks appear difficult, he strives to make people apathet-
ic and encourages them towards pessimism. By encouraging lazi-
ness, he seeks to slow people down and weaken their resolve.
One of the areas in which satan seeks to divert Muslims is in
their intellectual struggle against Darwinism. He tries to prevent
Muslims from taking part by depicting Darwinism as a scientific
fact, suggesting that it is impossible to defeat it on the level of
ideas, and causing Muslims to harbor unjustified fears.
However, it is noted in the Qur'an that all satan's endeavors
and trickery are actually very feeble:

He [satan] makes promises to them and fills them with
false hopes. But what satan promises them is nothing but
delusion. (Surat an-Nisa': 120)
Those who believe fight in the way of God. Those who do
not believe fight in the way of false deities. So fight the
friends of satan! Satan's scheming is always feeble. (Surat
an-Nisa': 76)
People of faith need to be aware of this and must refuse to al-

low satan's suggestions to influence them. For anyone who uses
his or her mind and conscience to the full, there can be no ques-

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