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52. Is satan continuously trying to misguide man?

Satan is endlessly occupied in trying to misguide man
from the path of Allah. He does not cease from it even for a
single moment and tries all kinds of methods. He ap-
proaches man via his weaknesses, trying to make him be-
have the way he wants him to. It is related in the Qur'an that
satan will actively strive to delude mankind:
... Satan wants to misguide them far away. (Surat an-
Nisa': 60)

He [i.e., satan] said [to Allah], "By Your misguidance
of me, I will lie in ambush for them on your straight
path. Then I will come at them, from in front of them
and behind them, from their right and from their
left. You will not find most of them thankful." He
[Allah] said, "Get out of it, reviled and driven out.
As for those of them who follow you, I will fill up
Hell with every one of you." (Surat al-A'raf: 16-18)
Satan is the greatest enemy of mankind. He strives to
keep mankind away from Islamic morals by means of whis-
perings and presenting right as wrong and wrong as right.
As stated in the above verse, he seeks to prevent people
from being thankful to Allah. Those who follow satan, how-
ever, as declared in the Qur'an, will certainly be the losers.
That is why people should be alert to the sly ambushes of
satan and studiously avoid obeying him.
It should be remembered that satan can influence only
those who do not have sincere faith. People who have cer-
tain faith in Allah, have certainty about the Hereafter and
the Day of Reckoning and are not affected by satan's at-
tempts to influence them. If ever they feel such an effect,

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