Page 81 - Satan: The Sworn Enemy of Mankind

Those Unaware of the Influence of Satan: Societies of the Ignorant
human beings to serve Him, and rebel against Him in a way that is
grossly ignorant. Reference is made to such people in the Qur'an, in
the following example:
Among people there is one who argues about Allah with-
out knowledge or guidance or any light-giving Book, turn-
ing away arrogantly, to misguide people from the Way of
Allah. He will be disgraced in this world and on the Day of
Rising We will make him taste the punishment of the
Burning. (Surat al-Hajj, 8-9)
Whether a wealthy industrialist, politician or ordinary citizen,
these people have fallen into the grasp of Satan, one as unscrupu-
lous and untrustworthy as they are. Such people, who use the reli-
gion as a tool with which to justify their own belief-systems or
ideologies in no way compatible with the Qur'an, and who have ap-
peared in every period of history, all follow in the footsteps of Satan.
They are described in the following terms in the Qur'an:
Among people there is one who argues about Allah with-
out knowledge, and follows every rebellious Satan. It is
written of him that if anyone takes him as a friend, he will
mislead him and guide him to the punishment of the
Searing Blaze. (Surat al-Hajj, 3-4)

Those Who Imagine Satan Interfered
with the Revelation of the Qur'an
Although very few in number, these corrupt individuals have
suggested, in order to spread confusion and turn the ignorant away
from Islam, that the words of jinn and Satan became mixed up in the
revelation of the Qur'an. Best known among such writers is Salman
Rushdie, author of the book The Satanic Verses.

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