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THE ARROGANCE OF SATAN

The End of Those who Follow Satan

Satan exercises particular influence on conceited people.
Those who are devoid of the faith and the wisdom to
comprehend Allah' s power-those who constitute "the
majority of the people," as referred to in the Qur' an-follow
Satan' s path, joining the horde of his followers. One verse
reads:

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)
In the hereafter, those who side with Satan will no doubt
be the most humiliated. They will be sent to Hell;
furthermore, Satan will abandon them. At that moment they
will realise that Satan made them only hollow promises, and
that his words were merely deceptive. Yet, it will be too late;
the Hellfire will already be awaiting them, making the
promise of Satan:
When the affair is decided Satan will say, "Allah made
you a promise, a promise of truth, and I made you a
promise but broke my promise. I had no authority over
you, except that I called you and you responded to me.
Do not, therefore, blame me but blame yourselves. I
cannot come to your aid nor you to mine. I reject the way
you associated me with Allah before." The wrongdoers
will have a painful punishment. (Surah Ibrahim: 22)