Page 100 - Satan: The Sworn Enemy of Mankind

SATAN: THE SWORN ENEMY OF MANKIND
cept that he has committed a mistake. On the contrary, he will claim
that he has acted in the name of Allah and His religion, to the point
of even swearing to it by Allah. They are essentially not cognizant of
their condition. Their reasoning powers are so confounded that,
when they will be seized to be cast into to Hell on the Day of
Judgment, they will again swear by Allah in defense of themselves:
On the Day Allah raises up all of them together they will
swear to Him just as they have sworn to you and imagine
they have something to stand upon. No indeed! It is they
who are the liars. (Surat al-Mujadala, 18)
Hypocrites are unaware that Satan deceived them by making
use of Allah's name. They will only realize this truth in the
Hereafter. The exchange that which will take place between the be-
lievers and the hypocrites on the Day of Judgment has been re-
vealed in the Qur'an:
That Day the men and women of the hypocrites will say to
those who believe, "Wait for us so that we can borrow some
of your light." They will be told, "Go back and look for
light!" And a wall will be erected between them with a gate
in it, on the inside of which there will be mercy but before
whose exterior lies the punishment.
They [the hypocrites] will call out to them [the believers],
"Were we not with you?" They will reply, "Indeed you
were. But you made trouble for yourselves and hung back
and doubted and false hopes deluded you until Allah's
command arrived. The Deluder deluded you about Allah."
(Surat al-Hadid, 13-14)

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