CHAPTER SIX - SATAN AND HIS SOLDIERS - Mankind and Satan

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.

Source: (Book) Mankind and Satan

The Reality of Satan - Mankind and Satan

The Reality of Satan

Now we shall resume our talk about who is Satan. Satan was from the jinn and not from the angels, because angels never disobey the Commands they receive from Allah and secondly because the jinn has a free will exactly like mankind.

  

Some scholars classify the creatures who have free choice into three classes: devils, jinn and mankind. We say to them that this is a wrong division because the only two classes that have the power of free choice from among the creatures of Allah are jinn and mankind alone. Concerning this, Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, says in Surah Ar-Rahmân what means: 

“We shall attend to you, O you two classes (jinn and men)!” (Ar-Rahmân, 55: 31)

We also read in Surah Al-Jinn the Saying of The Most Exalted, which means:

 “And among us are Muslims [in submission to Allah], and among us are the unjust. And whoever has become Muslim – those have sought out the right course. But as for the unjust, they will be, for Hell, firewood.” (Al-Jinn, 72: 14-15)

Thus, we can see that among the jinn are those who are righteous and also those who are rebels against Allah’s Command, and that the rebellious among the jinn are called devils. Therefore, regarding what is said about a third or fourth class other than those that Allah has informed us about we say to them “No”, there is only jinn and mankind who are free to choose, just as Allah has declared. 

Thus, Satan is from the jinn, he disobeyed Allah’s Command of prostrating to Adam. About this incident the Noble Qur’an relates what means: 

“And they prostrated, except for Iblees (Satan). He was of the jinn and departed from the command of his Lord.” (Al-Kahf, 18: 50)

This was Satan’s sin: refusal of submission to the Command of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, and prostration before Adam. But was Satan’s rebellion against Allah’s Command just negligence or a guilt that he regretted afterwards? Or was his rebellion born out of the arrogance and pride that swelled within his inner self and heart?

Satan’s sin was pride, arrogance and tenacious persistence in sin. Because of his conceit and pride he rejected the Command of The King, Allah, all praise and glory is to Him, as the Noble Qur’an relates to us what means:

“He said, ‘Should I prostrate to one You created from clay?’” (Al-Isrâ’, 17: 61)

   

Satan also said as the Noble Qur’an relates what means:

“[Satan] said, ‘I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay.’” (Al-A‘râf, 7: 12)

As though Satan rejected the Command, saying: How do You want me to prostrate myself to a human created from clay when I am created from fire. He wants to justify his disobedience and rebellion by claiming that fire is a component higher than mud, because it possesses transparency and that creatures from fire excel those created from clay in many things. They are endowed with fast movement, agility and are invisible, for humans cannot see the jinn. They can also ascend to high altitudes, traverse walls and enter closed places which men cannot.

Source: (Book) Mankind and Satan

3. FUTURE IMPERATIVE - PART 3/3 - To Christians With Love

Proclamation

We would like to stress the point that We Muslims have no permanent animosity against any given race or nation. We live and die for the sake of Allah, and our love and hate are for His sake too. The message of Islam is universal, directed to the entire humanity. Anyone can embrace Islam and become a genuine and full member of the Muslim Ummah – his race, language, color, nationality, or previous creed would not make the slightest difference.

However, it is also important to realize that one cannot sacrifice his principles and ideals for the sake of tolerance without simultaneously surrendering a part of his soul. We are definitely open-minded and tolerant of diversity, but not when it comes to plunder of global resources, exploitation of other people, corruption of the youth, and patronage of sexual anarchy.

We began by asserting that the pace and direction of the happenings at the global level indicate that exceptionally significant events are about to happen. One indication   of   the   coming   turmoil   is   the   growing resentment of the “Far Right” against the influence of the Jews over the U.S federal government, and the Jewish response to this threat in the form of the “Omnibus Anti- Terrorism Act”.

In   Israel,   there   is   a   rapidly   growing   conflict between the fundamentalist and the secular (Zionist) Jews regarding the establishment of “Greater Israel”. While the Zionists are supporting and implementing the idea that “peace” with their Arab and Palestinian neighbors can bring more opportunities for economic gains (read exploitation), the religious elements, in their holy zeal for the “kingdom of David”, would settle for nothing less than an Israel that extends from the Nile to the Euphrates. The recent assassination of Yitzhak Rabin is a case in point.

It seems that the secular Jews are going to offer the construction of the third Temple – at the site of Al-Aqsa mosque – as a bribe to pacify the religious fanatics. Of course, any attempt to demolish the mosque will result in a massive uprising by the fundamentalist Arab Muslims. The rulers of the Arab world, who are nothing more than stooges of the New World Order, would then try to suppress their own people by brute force, leading to another holocaust – this time of the Arab Muslims. The whole situation is indeed extremely volatile and ripe for a showdown. Because of its axial significance for the global politico-economic climate, any major turmoil in the Middle East would undoubtedly shake the entire world.

The policy of the whole Christian world to support and patronize a small Jewish minority, even at the cost of incurring the antipathy of the entire Muslim Ummah, is most unfortunate and unwise.  Instead  of  letting themselves be used by the Jews, the Christians need to understand  that  the  Muslims,  not  the  Jews,  are  their natural allied. Christians and Muslims should come together because they have a common enemy which is using one community against the other. The world has no doubt become a mess, but a combined Muslim-Christian effort can still go a long way in making it a better place to live.

Source: To Christians With Love (Book by Dr. Israr Ahmed)