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Satan's Tactics
lectful of Allah, He Who created them, to call upon Him, and to ac-
knowledge that everything is under our Lord's dominion. He ever in-
hibits them from considering the inevitability of death, or the verity
of fate and the Hereafter.
Similarly, because the hypocrites are continually surrounded by
Satan, they also forget the existence of Allah, and therefore to call
upon Him. This state of neglect they find themselves in is described
here in the Qur'an:
Satan has gained mastery over them and made them forget
the remembrance of Allah. Such people are the party of
Satan. No indeed! It is the party of Satan who are the losers.
(Surat al-Mujadala, 19)
Another group in whom Satan seeks to inspire forgetfulness is
the believers. However, this type of forgetfulness is different from
that which he inspires in the idolaters and hypocrites. Satan seeks to
make believers forgetful with regards to every aspect in which they
have a responsibility. Because, everyone is being tested, throughout
every moment of his life, with regards to his devotion to the com-
mandments of the Qur'an. For that reason, one must remain continu-
ally vigilant, always seeking the good pleasure of Allah, at every
moment of his life.
Examples are provided in the Qur'an of the types of forgetful-
ness which Satan seeks to inspire in believers. Among these examples
are instances of remaining in the company of those who ridicule the
verses of the Qur'an. Allah advises the believers to avoid such dis-
cussions, and warns them of Satan's propensity to inspire forgetful-
ness:
When you see people engrossed in mockery of Our Signs,
turn from them until they start to talk of other things. And if

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