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s a result of his war against mankind, to last until the Day
of Judgment, Satan will drag myriads of people along
A with him into the fires of Hell. However, there is one
group over which Satan cannot prevail: the believers. The reason
being, that believers fear Allah, and are His representatives on Earth
and are under His protection. Therefore, the temptations of Satan
exercise no effect upon them. This fact, as admitted even by Satan
himself, is revealed as follows in the Qur'an:
He [Satan] said, "My Lord, because You misled me, I will
make things on the Earth seem good to them and I will mis-
lead them all, every one of them, except Your servants
among them who are sincere." (Surat al-Hijr, 39-40)
As can be discerned from this verse, Satan's power is impotent
to sway the believers. However, none can regard himself "predes-
tined" for Paradise. In order to protect his faith—for, as outlined in
the 28th verse of Surat al-Ma`arij, "no one is safe from the punish-
ment of his Lord"—a believer must continually "hold fast to the

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