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expects it (Surah Muhammad: 27). They pluck his soul out
harshly, while the unbeliever's legs are entwined together
(Surat al-Qiyama: 29). When the angels stretch out their
hands to him, they give him the news of the punishment of
humiliation and fire, which will last forever. (Surat al-
An'am: 93)

84. What is the provoking whisper of satan?

Satan approaches man from all directions, aiming to dis-
tract him from the path of Allah. He plays various tricks on
man in order to achieve his goal. Satanic suggestion is one of
these tricks. Satanic suggestions are delusions, doubts cast
in the heart, vain hopes, disturbing thoughts or words whis-
pered by satan in order to keep people occupied with vain
things, and to divert them from matters that they really
should be preoccupied with. This characteristic of satan is
related in the Qur'an as follows:
Say: "I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind, the
King of mankind, the God of mankind, from the evil
of the insidious whisperer who whispers in people's
breasts." (Surat an-Nas: 1-5)
Satan whispers to man against the Qur'an, desiring to
prevent him from thinking soundly and to keep him occu-
pied with illusions about his religion that will be harmful to
him both in this world and in the Hereafter. He attempts to
cause the person to lose his self-confidence by the influence
of senseless and inconsistent ideas projected as the person's
own thoughts. One who does not hold to the Qur'an has no
protection against this trick of satan, and becomes distracted
by his whisperings and starts to waver. These whispers cor-
rupt one's knowledge of religion, and causes the individual

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