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628 Satan obtained Allah's permission to tempt man, and this was implied in such free-will as was granted to man by
Allah. Satan's boast is that the portion of mankind seduced by him will be so corrupted in their nature that they will
bear a sort of brand that will mark them off as his own; or that they will be like a portion assigned to himself. (4.118)
6:32 - What is the life of this world but play and amusement? But best is the home in the Hereafter
for those who are righteous. Will ye not then understand? 855
855 Play and amusement are for preparing our minds for the serious things of life: in themselves they are not serious. So
this life is a preparation for the Eternal Home to which we are going, which is far more important than the ephemeral
pleasures which may possibly seduce us in this life. (6.32)
7:27 - O ye children of Adam! let not satan seduce you in the same manner as he got your parents
out of the garden stripping them of their raiment to expose their shame: for he and his tribe
watch you from a position where ye cannot see them: We made the evil ones friends (only) to
those without faith. 1009
1009 That is, by fraud and deceit,-by putting you off your guard and telling lies. Adam's story here becomes an introduction
to the later religious history of mankind: vii. 20-22. In the Garden, Satan's deceit stripped off their raiment of honour
and innocence. In this life on a lower plane he seeks to strip us of the raiment of righteousness. And he can take up
positions on a vantage ground of worldly power or influence or riches, in which he and his confederates are not seen
in their true colours. They may assume a fair-seeming disguise of disinterested friendship or high motives of patriotism
or public spirit, or loyalty to ancestors, when beneath it there is nothing but spite and selfishness. (7.27)
12:23 - But she in whose house he was sought to seduce him from his (true) self: she fastened
the doors and said: "Now come thou (dear one)!" He said: "Allah forbid! truly (thy husband) is
my lord! He made my sojourn agreeable! Truly to no good come those who do wrong!"
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1666 The 'Aziz had treated Joseph with honour; he was more his guest and son than his slave. In trying to seduce Joseph
in these circumstances, his wife was guilty of a crime against Joseph's own honour and dignity. And there was a third
fault in her earthly love. True love blots Self out: it thinks more of the loved one than of the Self. The 'Aziz's wife was
seeking the satisfaction of her own selfish passion, and was in treason against Joseph's pure soul and his high
destiny. It was inevitable that Joseph should repel the advances made by the wife of the courtier. (12.23)
1667 Joseph's plea in rejecting her advances is threefold: '(1) I owe a duty, and so do you, to your husband, the 'Aziz; (2)
the kindness, courtesy, and honour, with which he has treated me entitied him to more than mere gratitude from me;
(3) in any case, do you not see that you are harbouring a guilty passion, and that no good can come out of guilt? We
must all obey laws, human and divine.' (12.23)
12:30 - Ladies said in the City: "The wife of the (great) `Aziz is seeking to seduce her slave from his
(true) self: truly hath he inspired her with violent love: we see she is evidently going astray."
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12:32 - She said: "There before you is the man about whom ye did blame me! I did seek to seduce
him from his (true) self but he did firmly save himself guiltless!... And now if he doth not my
bidding he shall certainly be cast into prison and (what is more) be in the company of the
vilest!" 1680
12:51 - (The king) said (to the ladies): "What was your affair when ye did seek to seduce Joseph
from his (true) self?" The ladies said: "Allah preserve us! no evil know we against him!" Said
the `Aziz's wife: "Now is the truth manifest (to all): it was I who sought to seduce him from his
(true) self: he is indeed of those who are (ever) true (and virtuous). 17101711
20:121 -In the result they both ate of the tree and so their nakedness appeared to them: they
began to sew together for their covering leaves from the Garden: thus did Adam disobey His
Lord and allow himself to be seduced. 26442645
2644 Hitherto they knew no evil. Now, when disobedience to Allah had sullied their soul and torn off the garment, their
sullied Self appeared to themselves in all its nakedness and ugliness, and they had to resort to external things (leaves
of the Garden) to cover the shame. (20.121)
2645 Adam had been given the will to choose, and he chose wrong, and was about to be lost when Allah's Grace came to
his aid. His repentance was accepted, and Allah chose him for His Mercy, as stated in the next verse. (20.121)
26:99 – " `And our seducers were only those who were steeped in guilt. 3184
3184 They now see that the people who seduced them were themselves evil and subject to the penalities of evil, and their
seductions were frauds. They feel that they ought to have seen it before. For who would deliberately follow the paths
of those condemned to misery and punishment? How simple they were not to see the true character of their seducers,
though they had been warned again and again against them! It was their own folly that made them accept such
obviously false guidance! (26.99)
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