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worshipping satan, to make pacts and contracts with him and to
fulfill his wishes. But Allah has a severe warning for those who
deny Him, instead taking satan as their deity and who live ac-
cording to satan’s incitements. Allah reveals the end that awaits
satan and those who obey him—the eternal pangs of Hell:
“. . . As for those of them who follow you, I will fill up Hell
with every one of you.” (Surat al-A‘raf, 18)

In the Qur’an, Allah reveals the various characteristics of sa-
tan and his followers. We are told that satan has been trying to
cause every human being since Adam (pbuh) to stray from
Allah’s path. The word satan is derived from a word meaning “the
far thing” in Arabic. The Arabic roots of the word also imply the
meaning of “being on fire with hatred” and worthless. Diabolis
(or Iblis) is the leader of all the satans and of the satanic activities.
The word Iblis means “to be peevish despairing of any good or

happiness,” “to be desperate and miserably sorry.” 2
After Allah created Adam (pbuh), He commanded the angels
to prostrate themselves before him. All the angels obeyed except
Diabolis. And as a result of his disobedience, he was driven from
Allah’s presence. The disobedience of Diabolis is related in the
Qur’an in these verses:

Your Lord said to the angels, “I am going to create a human
being out of clay. When I have formed him and breathed My
Spirit into him, fall down in prostration to him!” So the an-
gels prostrated all of them together, except for Diabolis who
was arrogant and was one of the unbelievers. He said,

The Light of the Qur’an Has Destroyed Satanism