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16:98 -When thou dost read the Qur'an seek Allah's protection from Satan the rejected one. 2139
2139 Evil has no authority or influence on those who put their trust in Allah. It is good to express that trust in outward
actions, and a formal expression of it-as in the formula, "I seek Allah's protection from Evil"-helps us. Man is weak at
best, and he should seek strength for his will in Allah's help and protection. (16.98)
16:99 - No authority has he over those who believe and put their trust in their Lord.
16:100 - His authority is over those only who take him as patron and who join partners with Allah.
17:53 - Say to My servants that they should (only) say those things that are best: for Satan doth
sow dissensions among them: for Satan is to man an avowed enemy. 2238
2238 This command refers to two situations. (1) Even to your enemies and the enemies of Allah you should speak fair: who
are you to judge others? Judgment belongs to Allah alone, for He knows you (i.e., all mankind) best, and your
personal knowledge is at best imperfect. And Satan is always trying to divide mankind. (2) Amongst yourselves, also
you should not entertain suspicions, but speak politely according to the best standards of human speech. A false or
unkind word may destroy all your efforts at building up unity, because the forces of disruption are more numerous than
the forces of unity. (17.53)
17:64- "Lead to destruction those whom thou canst among them with thy (seductive) voice; make
assaults on them with thy cavalry and thy infantry; mutually share with them wealth and
children; and make promises to them. But Satan promises them nothing but deceit.
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2254 "Do thy worst; but ye are both warned that that path leads to destruction." (17.64)
2255 Evil has many snares for mankind. The one that is put in the foreground is the voice,-the seductive personal appeal,
that "makes the worse appear the better part". (17.64)
2256 The forcible assault of Evil is next mentioned under the metaphor of cavalry and infantry. It is when cajolery and
tempting fair-seeming seem to fail that an attack is made in force with weapons of violence, of all kinds, like the
different arms in an organised army. (17.64)
2257 If the first assaults are resisted. Evil has other weapons in its armoury. Tangible fruits are dangled before the eyes, illgotten
gains and children of sin, that follow from certain very alluring methods of indulgence in passions. Or it may be
children dedicated to sin or worldly gains, etc. And then there are all kinds of promises for the future. (17.64)
2258 This is a parenthetical clause inserted to show up what the promises of the Satan are worth. (17.64)
18:63 - He replied: "Sawest thou (what happened) when we betook ourselves to the rock? I did
indeed forget (about) the Fish: none but Satan made me forget to tell (you) about it: it took its
course through the sea in a marvelous way!" 2410
2410 The attendant actually saw the fish swimming away in the sea, and yet "forgot" to tell his master. In his case the
"forgetting" was more than forgetting. Inertia had made him refrain from telling the important news. In such matters
inertia is almost as bad as active spite, the suggestion of Satan. (18.63)
19:44 - "O my father! serve not Satan: for Satan is a rebel against (Allah) Most Gracious. 2496
2496 The rebellion is all the more heinous and inexcusable, considering that Allah is Most Just, Most Merciful, Most
Gracious. (19.44)
19:45 - "O my father! I fear lest a Penalty afflict thee from (Allah) Most Gracious so that thou
become to Satan a friend." 2497
2497 To entertain a feeling of friendliness, instead of aversion, to Evil, is in itself a degradation of our nature, a Penalty
which Allah imposes on our deliberate rejection of the Truth. And the friendliness to Evil also implies the sharing of the
outlawry of Evil. (19.45)
20:120 - But Satan whispered evil to him: he said "O Adam! shall I lead thee to Tree of Eternity and
to a kingdom that never decays?" 2643
2643 The suggestion of satan is clever, as it always is: it is false, and at the same time plausible. It is false, because (1) that
felicity was not temporary, like the life of this world, and (2) they were supreme in the Garden, and a "kingdom" such
as was dangled before them would only add to their sorrows. It was plausible, because (1) nothing had been said to
them about Eternity, as the opposite of Eternity was not yet known, and (2) the sweets of Power arise from the savour
of Self, and Self is an alluring (if false) attraction that misleads the Will. (20.120)
22:52 - Never did We send an apostle or a prophet before thee but when he framed a desire Satan
threw some (vanity) into his desire: but Allah will cancel anything (vain) that Satan throws in
and Allah will confirm (and establish) His Signs: for Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom:
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