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Satan's Tactics
who, after having turned to faith, strayed from the true path, due to
the negative influence of Satan. The verse in which this tactic is men-
tioned is as follows:
Say: "Are we to call on something besides Allah which can
neither help nor harm us, and to turn on our heels after
Allah has guided us, like someone the satans have lured
away in the Earth, leaving him confused and stupefied, de-
spite the fact that he has companions calling him to guid-
ance, saying, 'Come with us!'?" Say: "Allah's guidance, that
is true guidance. We are commanded to submit as Muslims
to the Lord of all the worlds." (Surat al-An`am, 71)
All must take extreme caution with regard to this foe. But, only
he who has wholly submitted himself to Allah, and frequently
praises His name, is aware to do so. Such a person will easily iden-
tify Satan as the source of perverse suggestions, to then suppress
them. One not so disposed, however, will imagine these to be from
himself, and be influenced by them.

He Leads People Astray from the True Path
by Employing the Name of Allah
One of the most cunning and deceptive tactics exploited by
Satan is for him to approach people while making reference to Allah.
In this way, he seeks to encourage, under the pretence of being in the
name of Allah and His religion, acts actually disapproved by Allah.
These acts he wishes to be conducted under the guise of religious
observance. One taken in by such a ruse uses the blessings given to
him by Allah to fight in His cause only to satisfy his own personal
desires.

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