Satan promised he will mislead us

Quran verse about Satan’s promise

Do you believe Satan the devil exists? Hard to believe right? Do you know what promise he made with Allah?Remind yourself Satan’s promise by reading this Quran verse.

اعوذ بالله من الشيطن الرجيم 

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 Al-Hijr (الحجر) / 15:39

قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

[Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them on earth, and I will mislead them all

قَالَ He said,  -  رَبِّ "My Lord!  -  بِمَا Because  -  أَغْوَيْتَنِي You misled me,  -  لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ surely, I will make (evil) fair-seeming  -  لَهُمْ to them  -  فِي in  -  الْأَرْضِ the earth  -  وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ and I will mislead them  -  أَجْمَعِينَ all  -  

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My reflection after reading this Quran verse

Whenever I read this verse I make an intention that I will fight with my enemy and yet I forget or get distracted.

Satan made a resolution and he is continuously working on it and I make a resolution to save myself from his plan and I fail to. What a pity!

Why ? because he adorns the sins and I am misled by his beautification of the sins. How? For every mistake I do, I come up with a reason to justify. Oh Allah save me and all Muslims from satans planning. Oh Allah help us see the sins as sins. Oh Allah help us be firm on our resolutions. Ameen.

Satan coming from front, behind, left and right and gratefulness

Assalamoalaekum

I am sharing an ayah that inspired me today. I seek forgiveness, mercy, guidance and help from الله سبحان و تعالى

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أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم

Surah Al-Araf, Verse 17

 ثُمَّ لَآتِيَنَّهُم مِّن بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ وَعَنْ أَيْمَانِهِمْ وَعَن شَمَائِلِهِمْ وَلَا تَجِدُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ شَاكِرِين

َThen I will certainly come to them from before them and from behind them, and from their right-hand side and from their left-hand side; and You will not find most of them grateful.


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This is what satan said when he was expelled from paradise. He said he will come from before us, behind us, from our right and from our left.

Checking on tafsir, I found "coming from before" means raising doubts about hereafter. "Coming from behind" means making us more eager for this life. "Coming from right" means causing confusion in religion. "Coming from left" means luring us to commit sins.

SubhanAllah. How intelligent satan was and how dumb can I be if I don't protect myself from the dangers of Satan.

I will just take one example. I decide to do charity. Satan can tell me there is time in hereafter coming from before me. Satan can tell me I need money for myself coming from behind making me eager for my life in this world. Satan can tell me I am doing show off or I want to become known as generous, coming from right. Just suppose I am successful in doing the charity by help of Allah. Satan can still destroy all my good deeds by making me display of my charity and by reminder of generosity to the person, I gave charity to.

SubhanAllah I feel I am attacked by satan all day and many times, I waste my deeds. I have no idea, how heavy or light my scales are right now. And yet I have a illusion that my scales must have something. But who knows... Sometimes I feel I have lot of time. But when I become little conscious I feel like where did I spent all my time, not earning enough for my eternal life. Then life seems too short and I am at a loss to decide which deed will give me the best output. One reminder from this ayah is that I need to be grateful, no matter what.

There is a Hadith that encourages seeking refuge with Allah from the lures of Shaytan from all directions. Imam Ahmad narrated that `Abdullah bin `Umar said, "The Messenger of Allah used to often recite this supplication in the morning and when the night falls,

«اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي، اللَّهُمَّ اسْتُرْ عَوْرَاتِي وَآمِنْ رَوْعَاتِي، اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِي مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيَّ وَمِنْ خَلْفِي وَعَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ شِمَالِي وَمِنْ فَوْقِي وَأَعُوذُ بِعَظَمتِكَ أَنْ أُغْتَالَ مِنْ تَحْتِي»

(O Allah! I ask You for well-being in this life and the Hereafter. O Allah! I ask You for pardon and well-being in my religion, life, family and wealth. O Allah! Cover my errors and reassure me in times of difficulty. O Allah! Protect me from before me, from behind me, from my right, from my left and from above me. I seek refuge with Your greatness from being killed from below me.)

Satan's grudge against humans

اعوذ بالله من الشيطن الرجيم

Surah 17. Al-Isra, Verse 62:

قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَكَ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كَرَّمْتَ عَلَيَّ لَئِنْ أَخَّرْتَنِ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ لَأَحْتَنِكَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

Translation:

[Iblis (Satan)] said: "See? This one whom You have honoured above me, if You give me respite (keep me alive) to the Day of Resurrection, I will surely seize and mislead his offspring (by sending them astray) all but a few!"

Feel overpowered by satan?

اعوذ بالله من الشيطن الرجيم

Surah 16. An-Nahl, Verse 99:

إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ سُلْطَانٌ عَلَى الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ

Translation:

Verily! He has no power over those who believe and put their trust only in their Lord (Allah).

Surah 16. An-Nahl, Verse 100:

إِنَّمَا سُلْطَانُهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَتَوَلَّوْنَهُ وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِهِ مُشْرِكُونَ

Translation:

His power is only over those who obey and follow him (Satan), and those who join partners with Him (Allah) [i.e. those who are Mushrikun - polytheists - see Verse 6:121].

Satan will say I had no authority on you

اعوذ بالله من الشيطن الرجيم

Surah 14. Ibrahim, Verse 22:

وَقَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ لَمَّا قُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَعَدَكُمْ وَعْدَ الْحَقِّ وَوَعَدتُّكُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُكُمْ وَمَا كَانَ لِيَ عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَانٍ إِلَّا أَن دَعَوْتُكُمْ فَاسْتَجَبْتُمْ لِي فَلَا تَلُومُونِي وَلُومُوا أَنفُسَكُم مَّا أَنَا بِمُصْرِخِكُمْ وَمَا أَنتُم بِمُصْرِخِيَّ إِنِّي كَفَرْتُ بِمَا أَشْرَكْتُمُونِ مِن قَبْلُ إِنَّ الظَّالِمِينَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Translation:

And Shaitan (Satan) will say when the matter has been decided: "Verily, Allah promised you a promise of truth. And I too promised you, but I betrayed you. I had no authority over you except that I called you, so you responded to me. So blame me not, but blame yourselves. I cannot help you, nor can you help me. I deny your former act in associating me (Satan) as a partner with Allah (by obeying me in the life of the world). Verily, there is a painful torment for the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.)."