POTRAYAL OF SATAN
THROUGH QURANIC VERSES
Al-Baqarah, 2: 168
“O mankind, eat from
whatever is on earth [that is] lawful and good and do not follow the footsteps
of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy. He only orders you to evil and
immorality and to say about Allah what you do not know.”
Al-Baqarah, 2: 208
“O you who have believed, enter into Islam completely [and
perfectly] and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a
clear enemy.”
Al-Baqarah, 2: 268
“Satan threatens you with poverty and orders you to
immorality, while Allah promises you forgiveness from Him and bounty. And Allah
is all-Encompassing and Knowing.”
Âl-‘Imrân, 3: 175
“That is only Satan who frightens [you] of his supporters.
So fear them not, but fear Me, if you are [indeed] believers.”
An-Nisâ’, 4: 38-39
“And [also] those who spend of their wealth to be seen by
the people and believe not in Allah nor in the Last Day. And he to whom Satan
is a companion – then evil is he as a companion. And what [harm would come]
upon them if they believed in Allah and the Last Day and spent out of what
Allah provided for them? And Allah is ever, about them, Knowing.”
An-Nisâ’, 4: 76
“Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah, and those
who disbelieve fight in the cause of Tâghût (Satan, etc.). So fight against the
allies of Satan. Indeed, the plot of Satan has ever been weak.”
An-Nisâ’, 4:118-120
“They call upon instead of Him none but female [deities],
and they [actually] call upon none but a rebellious Satan. Whom Allah has
cursed. For he had said, ‘I will surely take from among Your servants a
specific portion. And I will mislead them, and I will arouse in them [sinful]
desires, and I will command them so they will slit the ears of cattle , and I
will command them so they will change the creation of Allah.’ And whoever takes
Satan as an ally instead of Allah has certainly sustained a clear loss. Satan
promises them and arouses desire in them. But Satan does not promise them
except delusion.”
Al-Mâ’idah, 5: 90-91
“O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants , gambling,
[sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah], and divining arrows are
but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful.
Satan only wants to cause between you animosity and hatred through intoxicants
and gambling and to avert you from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer. So
will you not desist?”
Al-An‘âm, 6: 43
“But their hearts became hardened, and Satan made attractive
to them that which they were doing.”
Al-An‘âm, 6: 71
“Say, ‘Shall we invoke instead of Allah that which neither
benefits us nor harms us and be turned back on our heels after Allah has guided
us? [We would then be] like one whom the devils enticed [to wander] upon the
earth confused, [while] he has companions inviting him to guidance, [calling], 'Come
to us.' Say, ‘Indeed, the guidance of Allah is the [only] guidance; and we have
been commanded to submit to the Lord of the worlds.’”
Al-An‘âm, 6: 112
“And thus We have made for every prophet an enemy - devils
from mankind and jinn, inspiring to one another decorative speech in delusion.
But if your Lord had willed, they would not have done it, so leave them and
that which they invent.”
Al-An‘âm, 6: 121
“And do not eat of
that upon which the name of Allah has not been mentioned, for indeed, it is
grave disobedience. And indeed do the devils inspire their allies [among men]
to dispute with you. And if you were to obey them, indeed, you would be
associators [of others with Him].”
Al-An‘âm, 6: 142
“And do not follow
the footsteps of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.”
Al-A‘râf, 7: 11-30
“And We have
certainly created you, [O Mankind], and given you [human] form. Then We said to
the angels, ‘Prostrate to Adam’; so they prostrated, except for Iblees (Satan).
He was not of those who prostrated.
[Allah] said, ‘What prevented you from prostrating when I
commanded you?’
[Satan] said, ‘I am better than him. You created me from
fire and created him from clay.’
[Allah] said, ‘Descend from it, for it is not for you to be
arrogant therein. So get out; indeed, you are of the debased.
[Satan] said, ‘Reprieve me until the Day they are
resurrected.’
[Allah] said, ‘Indeed, you are of those reprieved.’
[Satan] said, ‘Because You have put me in error, I will
surely sit in wait for them on Your straight path.
Then I will come to them from before them and from behind
them and on their right and on their left, and You will not find most of them
grateful [to You].’
[Allah] said, ‘Get out of it, reproached and expelled.
Whoever follows you among them – I will surely fill Hell with you, all
together.’
And ‘O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in paradise and eat
from wherever you will but do not approach this tree, lest you be among the
wrongdoers.’
But Satan whispered to them to make apparent to them that
which was concealed from them of their private parts. He said, ‘Your Lord did
not forbid you this tree except that you become angels or become of the
immortal.’
And he swore [by Allah] to them, ‘Indeed, I am to you from
among the sincere advisors.’
So he made them fall, through deception. And when they
tasted of the tree, their private parts became apparent to them, and they began
to fasten together over themselves from the leaves of paradise. And their Lord
called to them, ‘Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you that Satan is
to you a clear enemy?’
They said, ‘Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You
do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers.’
[Allah] said: ‘Get down, some of you an enemy to some
others. And for you on the earth is a place of settlement and enjoyment for a
time.’
He said, ‘Therein you will live, and therein you will die,
and from it you will be brought forth.’
O children of Adam, We have bestowed upon you clothing to
conceal your private parts and as adornment. But the clothing of righteousness
– that is best. That is from the signs of Allah that perhaps they will
remember.
O children of Adam, let not Satan tempt you as he removed
your parents from paradise, stripping them of their clothing to show them their
private parts. Indeed, he sees you, he and his tribe, from where you do not see
them. Indeed, We have made the devils allies to those who do not believe.
And when they commit an immorality, they say, ‘We found our
fathers doing it, and Allah has ordered us to do it.’ Say, ‘Indeed, Allah does
not order immorality. Do you say about Allah that which you do not know?’
Say, [O Muhammad], ‘My Lord has ordered justice and that you
maintain yourselves [in worship of Him] at every place [or time] of
prostration, and invoke Him, sincere to Him in religion.’ Just as He originated
you, you will return [to life] -
A group [of you] He guided, and a group deserved [to be in]
error. Indeed, they had taken the devils as allies instead of Allah while they
thought that they were guided.”
Al-A‘râf, 7: 175-176
“And recite to them, [O Muhammad], the news of him to whom
we gave [knowledge of] Our signs, but he detached himself from them; so Satan pursued
him, and he became of the deviators. And if We had willed, we could have
elevated him thereby, but he adhered [instead] to the earth and followed his
own desire. So his example is like that of the dog: if you chase him, he pants,
or if you leave him, he [still] pants. That is the example of the people who
denied Our signs. So relate the stories that perhaps they will give thought.”
Al-Anfâl, 8: 48
“And [remember] when Satan made their deeds pleasing to them
and said, ‘No one can overcome you today from among the people, and indeed, I
am your protector.’ But when the two armies sighted each other, he turned on
his heels and said, ‘Indeed, I am disassociated from you. Indeed, I see what you do not see; indeed I
fear Allah. And Allah is severe in penalty.’”
Ibrahîm, 14: 22
“And Satan will say when the matter has been concluded,
‘Indeed, Allah had promised you the promise of truth. And I promised you, but I
betrayed you. But I had no authority over you except that I invited you, and
you responded to me. So do not blame me; but blame yourselves. I cannot be
called to your aid, nor can you be called to my aid. Indeed, I deny your
association of me [with Allah] before. Indeed, for the wrongdoers is a painful
punishment.’”
An-Nahl, 16: 63
“By Allah, We did certainly send [messengers] to nations
before you, but Satan made their deeds attractive to them. And he (Satan) is the disbelievers’ ally today [as well],
and they will have a painful punishment.”
An-Nahl, 16: 98-100
“So when you recite the Qur’an, [first] seek refuge in Allah
from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy]. Indeed, there is for him no
authority over those who have believed and rely upon their Lord. His authority
is only over those who take him as an ally and those who through him associate
others with Allah.”
Al-Isrâ’, 17: 27
“Indeed, the wasteful are brothers of the devils, and ever
has Satan been to his Lord ungrateful.”
Al-Isrâ’, 17: 61-65
“And [mention] when We said to the angles, ‘Prostrate to
Adam,’ and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He said, ‘Should I prostrate to
one You created from clay?’ [Iblees] said, ‘Do You see this one whom You have
honored above me? If You delay me until the Day of Resurrection, I will surely
destroy his descendants, except for a few.’ [Allah] said, ‘Go, for whoever of
them follows you, indeed Hell will be the recompense of you – an ample
recompense. And incite [to senselessness] whoever you can among them with your
voice and assault them with your horses
and foot soldiers and become a partner in their wealth and their children and promise them. But Satan does not promise them
except delusion. Indeed, over My [believing] servants there is for you no authority.
And sufficient is your Lord as Disposer of affairs.’”
Al-Kahf, 18: 50
“And [mention] when We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate to
Adam,’ and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was of the jinn and departed
from the command of his Lord. Then will you take him and his descendants as
allies other than Me while they are enemies to you? Wretched it is for the wrongdoers
as an exchange.”
Maryam, 19: 83
“Do you not see that We have sent the devils upon the
disbelievers, inciting them to [evil] with [constant] incitement? So be not
impatient over them. We only count out to them a [limited] number
Al-Mu’minûn, 23: 96-98
“Repel, by [means of] what is best, [their] evil. We are
most knowing of what they describe. And say, ‘My Lord, I seek refuge in You
from the incitements of the devils, And I seek refuge in You, my Lord , lest
they be present with me.’”
An-Naml, 24: 24-25
“I found her and her people prostrating to the sun instead
of Allah, and Satan has made their deeds pleasing to them and averted them from
[His] way, so they are not guided, [And] so they do not prostrate to Allah, who
brings forth what is hidden within the heavens and the earth and knows what you
conceal and what you declare -”
Al-Furqân, 25: 27-29
“And the Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hands [in
regret] he will say, “Oh, I wish I had taken with the Messenger (Muhammad) a
way. Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one as a friend.
He led me away from the remembrance after it had come to me. And ever is Satan,
to man, a deserter.”
Ash-Shu‘arâ’, 26: 91-104
And Hellfire will be brought forth for the deviators,
And it will be said to them, ‘Where are those you used to
worship
Other than Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?’
So they will be overturned into Hellfire, they and the
deviators
And the soldiers of Iblees, all together.
They will say while they dispute therein,
‘By Allah, we were indeed in manifest error
When we equated you with the Lord of the worlds.
And no one misguided us except the criminals.
So now we have no intercessors
And not a devoted friend.
Then if we only had a return [to the world] and could be of
the believers…’
Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be
believers.
And indeed, your Lord – He is the Exalted in Might, the
Merciful.
Ash-Shu‘arâ’, 26: 221-223
“Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend? They
descend upon every sinful liar. They pass on what is heard, and most of them
are liars.”
Al-‘Ankabut, 29: 38
“And [We destroyed] ‘Aad and Thamud, and it has become clear
to you from their [ruined] dwellings. And Satan had made pleasing to them their
deeds and averted them from the path, and they were endowed with perception.”
Luqmân, 31: 21
“And when it is said to them, ‘Follow what Allah has
revealed,’ they say, ‘Rather, we will follow that upon which we found our
fathers.’ Even if Satan was inviting them to the punishment of the Blaze?”
Saba’, 34: 20-21
“And Iblees had already confirmed through them his
assumption, so they followed him, except for a party of believers. And he had
over them no authority except [it was decreed] that We might make evident who
believes in the Hereafter from who is thereof in doubt. And your Lord, over all
things, is Guardian.”
Fatîr, 35: 6
“Indeed, Satan is an enemy to you; so take him as an enemy.
He only invites his party to be among the companions of the Blaze.”
Yâ-Sîn, 36: 60-64
“Did I not enjoin upon you, O children of Adam, that you
worship not Satan – [for] indeed, he is to you a clear enemy – And that you
worship [only] Me? This is a straight path. And he had already led astray from
among you much of creation, so did you not use reason? This is the Hellfire
which you were promised. [Enter to] burn therein today for what you used to
deny.”
Sâd, 38: 71-85
[So mention] when
your Lord said to the angels, ‘Indeed, I am going to create a human being from
clay.
So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him (his)
soul created by Me, then fall down to him in prostration.’
So the angels prostrated – all of them entirely.
Except Iblees; he was arrogant and became among the
disbelievers.
[Allah] said, ‘O Iblees, what prevented you from prostrating
to that which I created with My hands? Were you arrogant [then], or were you
[already] among the haughty?’
He said, ‘I am better than him. You created me from fire and
created him from clay.’
[Allah] said, ‘Then get out of Paradise, for indeed, you are
expelled.
And indeed, upon you is My curse until the Day of
Recompense.’
He said, ‘My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are
resurrected.’
[Allah] said, ‘So indeed, you are of those reprieved
Until the Day of the time well-known.’
[Iblees] said, ‘By your might, I will surely mislead them
all
Except, among them, Your chosen servants.’
[Allah] said, ‘The truth [is My oath], and the truth I say –
[That] I will surely fill Hell with you and those of them
that follow you all together.’
Az-Zukhruf, 43: 36-37
“And whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most
Merciful – We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion. And
indeed, the devils avert them from the way [of guidance] while they think that
they are [rightly] guided.”
Az-Zukhruf, 43: 62
“And never let Satan avert you. Indeed, he is to you a clear
enemy.”
Muhammad, 47: 24-25
“Then do they not reflect upon the Qur’an, or are there
locks upon [their] hearts? Indeed, those who reverted back [to disbelief] after
guidance had become clear to them – Satan enticed them and prolonged hope for
them.”
Al-Mujâdilah, 58: 19
“Satan has overcome them and made them forget the
remembrance of Allah. Those are the party of Satan. Unquestionably, the party
of Satan – they will be the losers.”
Al-Mujâdilah, 58: 9-10
“O you who have believed, when you converse privately, do
not converse about sin and aggression and disobedience to the Messenger but
converse about righteousness and piety. And fear Allah, to whom you will be
gathered. Private conversation is only from Satan that he may grieve those who
have believed, but he will not harm them at all except by permission of Allah.
And upon Allah let the believers rely.”
Al-Hashr, 59: 16-17
“Like the example of Satan when he says to man,
‘Disbelieve.’ But when he disbelieves, he says, ‘Indeed, I am disassociated
from you. Indeed, I fear Allah, Lord of the worlds.’ So the outcome for both of
them is that they will be in the Fire, abiding eternally therein. And that is
the recompense of the wrongdoers.”
Al-Falaq, 113: 1-5
Say, ‘I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak
From the evil of that which He created
And from the evil of darkness when it settles
And from the evil of the blowers in knots
And from the evil of an envier when he envies.’
An-Nas, 114: 1-6
Say, ‘I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,
The Sovereign of mankind.
The God of mankind,
From the evil of the retreating whisperer
Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind –
From among the jinn and mankind.’
The devil who
whispers evil in the hearts of men.
We ask Allah to protect us from sinning,
and not to make a way for Satan
over our hearts.
