Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (126) | Satan's plot is weak
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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The weakness of Satan’s stratagems.
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Despite all that is mentioned regarding Satan’s objectives and his methods for leading the children of Adam astray,
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Allah the Exalted has decreed that his stratagems are weak,
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provided that a person fortifies himself through faith in his Lord and through piety.
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Allah the Exalted says:
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“Those who believe do battle for the cause of Allah; and those who disbelieve do battle for the cause of idols. So fight the minions of the devil. Lo! the devil's strategy is ever weak.” (4:76)
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Just as Allah the Exalted has decreed that Satan has no authority over His believing servants.
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Allah the Exalted says:
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"Indeed, you have no authority over My servants."
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And sufficient is your Lord as a Guardian.
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He, glory be to Him, promised to be a Guardian for His believing servants,
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and a protector for them against the deception and whisperings of Satan.
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He, glory be to Him, clarified that Satan’s temptation and misguidance
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only affect those who follow him, whose hearts have been imbued with deviation.
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"Indeed, you have no authority over My servants."
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“Lo! as for My slaves, thou hast no power over any of them save such of the froward as follow thee,” (15:42)
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Therefore, no one should use Satan’s misguidance as an excuse for their own actions,
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nor should they offer that as a justification.
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For his temptation only reaches those whose hearts have inclined toward it.
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Allah the Exalted says:
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“And (remember) when Moses said unto his people: O my people! Why persecute ye me, when ye well know that I am Allah's messenger unto you? So when they went astray Allah sent their hearts astray. And Allah guideth not the evil-living folk.” (61:5)
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And Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.