Before ending this book, we should have
a pause to study Satan in regard to the Prophets and Messengers. There is a
general and particular rule with regard to a number of the Prophets and
Messengers of Allah, the general rule is expressed in the Saying of Allah, all
praise and glory is to Him, (which means):
“And We did not
send before you any messenger or prophet except that when he spoke [or
recited], Satan threw into it [some misunderstanding]. But Allah abolishes that
which Satan throws in; then Allah makes precise His verses. And Allah is
Knowing and Wise. [That is] so He may make what Satan throws in a trial for
those within whose hearts is disease and those hard of heart. And indeed, the
wrongdoers are in extreme dissension.” [Al-Hajj, 22: 52-53]
What is the wish of every Messenger?
His wish is that the Law of Allah spread and people believe in his Message and
he succeeds in reforming the movement of their lives; to attract them towards
belief and turn them away from disbelief. That is certainly the wish of the Messenger.
But would Satan leave people listen to the Messengers and believe in their
Messages? No, he stands in their way and hinders them from the Law of Allah. He
starts with those who lead a luxurious life, whom the doctrine might harm their
worldly authority and he thus makes them his advocators. They resist the
heavenly Messages and implant obstacles. They torture whoever believes to make
him disbelief and inflict grievous suffering on the believers.
But would falsehood triumph? No, Allah,
Blessed and Exalted is He, abolishes and annihilate whatever falsehood Satan
may throw in and He grant victory to His Messenger. Thus, the call of truth
prevail and the number of believers grows. The Messenger hopes to succeed in
his duty but Satan incites the sinners and disbelievers against him and the
battle ends with the triumph of the Messenger over the devil.
Satan was stated in connection with the
Messengers in more than one Ayah. In the statement of Ayûb (Job, peace be upon
him) which means:
“And remember Our
servant Job, when he called to his Lord, ‘Indeed, Satan has touched me with
hardship and torment.’” [Sâd, 38: 41]
And the statement of Yûsuf (Joseph,
peace be upon him) which means:
“After Satan had
induced [estrangement] between me and my brothers.” [Yûsuf, 12: 100]
And the Saying of The Truth, be ever
gloried is His Majesty and Might, which means:
“But Satan made
him forget the mention [to] his master, and Joseph remained in prison several
years.” [Yûsuf, 12: 42]
And also the statement of Mûsâ (Moses,
peace be upon him) which means:
“[Moses] said,
‘This is from the work of Satan. Indeed, he is a manifest, misleading enemy.’”
[Al-Qasas, 28: 15]
These Ayat are by way of example and
are not exclusive. The fact that the Prophets are infallible does not mean that
they are kept from striving against themselves, but there must remain for them
what they strive against. A messenger is a human soul that has tendencies and
wants which he must overcome by striving against himself. If there were not for
the Prophets any circumstances or concerns which they must strive against they
would have been angels.
Allah, all praise and glory is to Him,
made them humans serving as the example that the believers should follow in
struggling against Satan, and in striving against the self and defeating it.
Therefore, some of them were called “Messengers
of strong will.”
Strong will here means firmness in obeying Allah and fighting against
the devil.
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