The Deceiver

O people, Allah’s promise is true, so don’t let the life of this world deceive you, and don’t let the Deceiver pull you away from Allah.

35:5O mankind! Lo! the promise of Allah is true. So let not the life of the world beguile you, and let not the (avowed) beguiler beguile you with regard to Allah.

Satan is your enemy; treat him as such. He only invites his followers to be among the companions of the Blaze.

35:6Lo! 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.

and the deceiver led you astray.”

57:14They will cry unto them (saying): Were we not with you? They will say: Yea, verily; but ye tempted one another, and hesitated, and doubted, and vain desires beguiled you till the ordinance of Allah came to pass; and the deceiver deceived you concerning Allah;

Surely, Satan stirs discord among them. Satan is a clear enemy to humanity.

17:53Tell My bondmen to speak that which is kindlier. Lo! the devil soweth discord among them. Lo! the devil is for man an open foe.

Today, he is their ally, and they will face a painful punishment.

16:63By Allah, We verily sent messengers unto the nations before thee, but the devil made their deeds fairseeming unto them. So he is their patron this day, and theirs will be a painful doom.

Those who turn back after guidance has been made clear to them, Satan has enticed them and prolonged false hopes for them.

47:25Lo! those who turn back after the guidance hath been manifested unto them, Satan hath seduced them, and He giveth them the rein.

That is because they said to those who detest what Allah revealed, “We will obey you in some matters.”

47:26That is because they say unto those who hate what Allah hath revealed: We will obey you in some matters; and Allah knoweth their secret talk.

The wasteful are the brothers of Satan, and Satan is ever ungrateful to his Lord.

17:27Lo! the squanderers were ever brothers of the devils, and the devil was ever an ingrate to his Lord.