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SATAN: THE SWORN ENEMY OF MANKIND
promises to them and fills them with false hopes. But what
Satan promises them is delusion. (Surat an-Nisa´, 119-120)
Since a believer is Satan's greatest enemy, he cannot consider
himself immune from him as a danger. Because, the slightest con-
cession he may make will create an opportunity for Satan to make
an attack, by way of such tactics as fomenting doubts. However, a
believer who has absolute faith in the Hereafter, who turns whole-
heartedly to Allah, will remain uninfected by such false concerns.

He Portrays Deviance As Attractive
For those people who have succumbed to his influence, Satan
creates the impression that the perversion in which they engage is
acceptable behavior. Such people thus become entrenched even fur-
ther into their perversity:
… Satan has made their actions seem good to them and de-
barred them from the Way so they are not guided. (Surat
an-Naml, 24)
… However, their hearts were hard and Satan made what
they were doing seem attractive to them. (Surat al-An`am,
43)
Those whose hearts have grown hard lose the ability to distin-
guish between good and evil, Satan having portrayed to them their
evil as being proper. Those who fall under Satan's influence, on ac-
count of this hardening of their hearts, become obstinately devoted
to their perversions, which they have falsely deemed wholesome.
This type of devotion can at times be discerned among adherents of
false religions, which have become corrupted over time, referred to
as "the religion of the forefathers" in the Qur'an, and among hyp-
ocrites and unbelievers, who rebelled against the messengers of

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