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The Sworn Enemy of Mankind

human beings away from the truth of the religion of Allah, as es-
poused in the Qur'an; to prevent them from worshipping Allah sin-
cerely; and, as a result, to ensure they will ultimately have been
doomed to eternal torment. Even, at times, by employing the guise
of piety, he will make reference to the name of Allah, that he may
lead people astray from the truth of the religion. That ruse alone is
sufficient for him to drag people with him into the pit of Hell. And,
no matter what means he employs, that is the inevitable end for
those who choose to follow him:
It is written of him that if anyone takes him as a confidant,
he will mislead him and guide him to the punishment of
the Searing Blaze. (Surat al-Hajj, 4)

Iblis' Rebellion Against Allah
In the Qur'an, "Satan" is the term applied to those beings who
will strive until the Last Day to divert mankind from the path of
Allah. The ancestor of all these satans is Iblis, the one who originally
rebelled against Allah, at the time of the creation of the Prophet
Adam (as).
According to the Qur'an, when Allah had created the Prophet
Adam (as), he commanded the angels to prostrate themselves before
him. Iblis, though, who was one of the jinn, refused to bow before
Adam (as). Rather, he insisted that he was superior to this human
being, a disobedience and great insolence for which he was finally
expelled from the presence of Allah.*

(*) It is stated in the account that angels and jinn were created before man.
There are two important details here which are usually misunderstood. The first is

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