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Those Unaware of the Influence of Satan: Societies of the Ignorant
Do you not see that We send the satans against those who
disbelieve to goad them on? (Surah Maryam, 83)
The satans inspire their friends to dispute with you. If you
obeyed them you would then be idolaters. (Surat al-An`am,
121)
Sometimes, Satan encourages idolaters and unbelievers to attack
the believers in the cause of "the religion of their ancestors"; other
times, out of racism; otherwise still, for worldly benefit. The character-
istic common to every unbeliever who has ever opposed the true reli-
gion throughout history, is that they acted through the influence of
Satan.
Just as these attacks can be verbal, they can also be physical, with
the intent to kill. A verse describes the action taken by the unbelievers
against Allah's Prophet (saas):
When those who disbelieve were plotting against you to im-
prison you or kill you or expel you: they were planning and
Allah was planning, but Allah is the Best of Planners. (Surat
al-Anfal, 30)
So effective are suggestions insinuated by Satan into the minds of
the unbelievers that they pursue their rebellion against the messenger
and the believers, even at the risk of their own lives. A telling example
of this is referred to in those verses which describe the wars waged
against the believers. Prior to the war, Satan incited the unbelievers
against the believers, and portrayed the idea of fighting against them
as fair-seeming. Indeed, he so rouses the unbelievers that he makes
them believe that there exists no army able to defeat them. When the
two armies met, however, Satan abandoned those who believed in
him:
When Satan made their actions appear good to them, saying,
"No one will overcome you today for I am at your side." But

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