IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MOST MERCIFUL, THE
EVER-MERCIFUL
Who is the devil? A question that always crosses
our minds, finding no answer to it. The devil is unseen to us, he sees us but
we cannot see him. He whispers in our ears and insinuates evil (thoughts,
doubts, fears, suggestions...) into our minds without knowing where is he? Or
what does he do? And the question persists, who is the devil?
Allah, all praise and glory is to Him,
out of mercifulness to our minds told us who the devil is, and the story of his
enmity against mankind and how can we confront him and defeat him and defeat
all the seen and the unseen powers in the entire universe.
Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He,
orders us to seek refuge with Him from the devil because Allah, Whose Majesty
reigns supreme, is The Omnipotent, highly above all His creatures, whether
believers or disbelievers, obedient or disobedient, those given free choice or
those without power of free choice. All are subjected to Almighty Allah as
nothing in the Universe of Allah is beyond His Will, Word or Command. Allah,
all praise and glory is to Him, says (what means):
“And He is the
subjugator over His servants. And He is the Wise, the Acquainted [with all].”
(Al-An‘âm, 6: 18)
Nothing in the universe is beyond the
Decree of Allah, but those whom Allah, The Exalted and Ever-Majestic, has given
the power of free choice may violate the Law of Allah, that of ‘Do and Do Not
Do.’ But their transgression against His Divine Law is nonetheless by the
Choice of Allah because He is the One Who created mankind capable to obey and
disobey. Had Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, wanted to create them all
compelled to obey, He would have easily done it. A meaning that we perceive in
the glorious Ayah saying (what means):
“Perhaps, [O
Muhammad], you would kill yourself with grief that they will not be believers.
If We willed, We could send down to them from the sky a sign for which their
necks would remain humbled.” (Ash-Shu‘arâ’, 26: 3-4)
This glorious Ayah addresses the
Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless and grant him peace) who was deeply grieved
over those who rejected Islam. The reason behind his killing grief and sorrow
was that he perfectly knew the mortifying eternal torment awaiting them in the
Hereafter, and being a mercy sent to all that exists he wished to save them
from such an end awaiting them.
In this glorious Ayah Allah, all praise
and glory is to Him, is telling us that if these rejecters of faith have
violated the Divine Law which dictates their belief in Him and their adoption
of His Course, they certainly did not violate His Will, because if He wants He
can easily compel them all to obey. But Allah, be ever gloried His Majesty and
Might, willed that they should have freedom of choice, to believe or not to
believe, to obey or disobey. Thus, He gave them the free will of whether ‘to do
or not to do’, a freedom willed by Allah, all praise and glory is to Him. Were
it not for this Divine Will these rejecters would not have a choice whether to
obey or disobey. Indeed, nothing in the Universe of Allah happens against His
Will, all glory is to Him.
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