Chapters Six
Satan And His Soldiers
In order to have a full picture, one
should know that Satan has his soldiers: physical ones from mankind and jinn,
and other abstract soldiers he employs to mislead people.
But before we proceed with our talk and
in order to have a thorough view, we should know that neither Satan, nor his
soldiers go beyond the compass of the Decree of Allah that is dominant in His universe.
Allah, all praise and glory is to Him, has given us a practical proof, and that
by subjugating the devils, made of fire, to a human Prophet, Solomon (Sulaimân,
peace be upon him). He made them follow his orders, and dare not contradict
him. Concerning this, The Truth, Blessed and Exalted be He, says (what means):
“And among the
jinn were those who worked for him by the permission of his Lord. And whoever
deviated among them from Our command – We will make him taste of the punishment
of the Blaze.” [Saba’, 34: 12]
Hence Allah, all praise and glory is to
Him, has subdued jinn – both the devil and the good jinn – as we have
previously said – to a man made of clay, Solomon (peace be upon him). And if
The Truth, all praise and glory is to Him, wanted to subjugate the devils to
us, He would do so; for Allah answered the supplication of Solomon (peace be
upon him) when he invoked Him asking for a kingdom such as shall not belong to
any other after him, as the glorious Ayah relates (what means):
“He said, ‘My Lord, forgive me and grant me a kingdom such
as will not belong to anyone after me. Indeed, You are the Bestower.’ So We
subjected to him the wind blowing by his command, gently, wherever he directed,
and [also] the devils [of jinn] – every builder and diver, and others bound
together in shackles.” [Sâd, 38: 35-38]
Therefore, when Allah, all praise and
glory is to Him, wanted to subjugate the devils to mankind He did so
compulsorily, against their will. Never think that what the devils commit on earth
is against the Will of Allah in His universe, but as we have previously said it
complements the role of worldly life as a place of temptation, strife, and
faith; a place where believers triumph over the lure of the devil through their
striving and faith, thus meriting Paradise.
As we have previously said Satan has
both material and immaterial soldiers, one of his gravest abstract soldiers is
arrogance; for Satan keeps slinking around man till he casts into his heart
physical and moral arrogance, and tries to fill him with pride at his wealth,
knowledge, strength, or whatever. The chief concern is to make man swell with
conceit, thus falsely think that he has dispensed with Allah, Blessed and
Exalted be He, attributing full credit to himself, hence he falls into sin and
atheism.
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