1 00:00:00,180 --> 00:00:08,419 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah. 2 00:00:08,419 --> 00:00:11,419 The enmity of Satan toward the children of Adam. 3 00:00:11,419 --> 00:00:20,149 Allah the Exalted has explicitly declared in His Noble Book the enmity of Satan toward the children of Adam in numerous verses. 4 00:00:20,149 --> 00:00:25,149 Regarding his enmity toward Adam, peace be upon him, and his wife, Allah the Exalted says: 5 00:00:25,149 --> 00:00:30,179 “Therefor we said: O Adam! This is an enemy unto thee and unto thy wife, so let him not drive you both out of the Garden so that thou come to toil.” (20:117) 6 00:00:30,179 --> 00:00:35,179 “Therefor we said: O Adam! This is an enemy unto thee and unto thy wife, so let him not drive you both out of the Garden so that thou come to toil.” (20:117) 7 00:00:35,179 --> 00:00:37,179 And Allah the Exalted says: 8 00:00:37,179 --> 00:00:43,179 “But Satan caused them to deflect therefrom and expelled them from the (happy) state in which they were; and We said: Fall down, one of you a foe unto the other! There shall be for you on earth a habitation and provision for a time.” (2:36) 9 00:00:43,179 --> 00:00:46,179 "Go down, all of you, as enemies to one another." 10 00:00:46,179 --> 00:00:51,179 "And for you on the earth is a place of settlement and enjoyment for a time." 11 00:00:51,179 --> 00:00:56,380 And regarding his enmity toward all the children of Adam, Allah the Exalted says: 12 00:00:56,380 --> 00:01:01,380 “Did I not charge you, O ye sons of Adam, that ye worship not the devil - Lo! he is your open foe! -” (36:60) 13 00:01:01,380 --> 00:01:04,379 "Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy." 14 00:01:04,379 --> 00:01:06,379 And Allah the Exalted says: 15 00:01:06,379 --> 00:01:11,379 “Lo! the devil is an enemy for you, so treat him as an enemy. He only summoneth his faction to be owners of the flaming Fire.” (35:6) 16 00:01:11,379 --> 00:01:17,379 “Lo! the devil is an enemy for you, so treat him as an enemy. He only summoneth his faction to be owners of the flaming Fire.” (35:6) 17 00:01:17,379 --> 00:01:22,379 Iblis himself has explicitly declared his enmity toward the children of Adam. 18 00:01:22,379 --> 00:01:24,379 Allah the Exalted says: 19 00:01:24,379 --> 00:01:28,379 “He said: Seest Thou this (creature) whom Thou hast honoured above me, if Thou give me grace until the Day of Resurrection I verily will seize his seed, save but a few.” (17:62) 20 00:01:28,379 --> 00:01:35,379 “He said: Seest Thou this (creature) whom Thou hast honoured above me, if Thou give me grace until the Day of Resurrection I verily will seize his seed, save but a few.” (17:62) 21 00:01:35,379 --> 00:01:39,379 And his statement: "I will surely dominate his descendants." 22 00:01:39,379 --> 00:01:44,379 Meaning: I will surely gain mastery over his descendants through temptation and misguidance. 23 00:01:44,379 --> 00:01:46,439 And Allah the Exalted says: 24 00:01:46,439 --> 00:01:54,469 “He said: My Lord! Because Thou hast sent me astray, I verily shall adorn the path of error for them in the earth, and shall mislead them every one,” (15:39) 25 00:01:54,469 --> 00:01:58,469 "Except for Your chosen servants among them."