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SOME SECRETS OF THE QUR'AN

attain paradise, because the whispers of Satan are misleading
words that divert man from God's way and keep him
occupied with vain and trivial issues. Satan tries to inject
feelings of sorrow, fear and distress to people, to sow discord
amongst them, to cause them to feel doubts about God, the
Qur'an or the religion (deen). He fills them with false hopes.

Some of the verses that describe Satan's whisperings to man
are as follows:
"I will lead them astray and fill them with false
hopes. I will command them and they will cut off
cattle's ears. I will command them and they will
change God's creation." Anyone who takes Satan as
his protector in place of God has clearly lost
everything.
He (Satan) makes promises to them and fills them
with false hopes. But what Satan promises them is
nothing but delusion. (Surat an-Nisa': 119-120)
(The insidious whisperer) who whispers in people's
breasts (hearts) (Surat an-Nas: 5)
No matter what Satan whispers to believers, he will not
be able to distract them from God's guidance as long as they
follow the path that God shows. God reminds believers of the
following against Satan:

If an evil impulse from Satan provokes you, seek
refuge in God. He is All-Hearing, All-Seeing. As for
those who have fear of God, when they are bothered
by visitors from Satan, they remember and
immediately see clearly. (Surat al-A'raf: 200-201)
As can be understood from the verse, believers remain
alert to the whisperings of Satan. They lose no time on