Pride returned to Iblees after Allah Willed for him to stay
alive until the Day of Resurrection. He sensed that this was an ideal way to
take revenge on Adam.He hates mankind, who are the children of Adam . He is
hostile towards them because he is cursed and has been
banished from the Mercy of Allah due to his refusal to prostrate to their
father, Adam. So, “he (Iblees) said to Allah, ‘I will take an appointed portion
of your slaves; Verily, I will mislead them…” [Soorah an-Nisa (4): 118-9]
Iblees knows that his destination is the Fire and he is eager to mislead and
corrupt mankind, so as to increase the number of his followers to share in his
fate. He hopes to take everyone with him to Hell, out of envy, hatred, Kufr and
stubbornness. “Surely, Shaytan
is an enemy to you, so take (treat) him as an enemy. He only
invites his Hizb (followers) that they may become the dwellers of the blazing
Fire.” [Soorah al-Fatir (35): 6] After being cursed, expelled from Paradise and
being given respite until the appointed day, Iblees avowed, “Surely I will sit
in wait against them (human beings) on Your Straight Path. Then I will come to
them from before them and behind them, from their right
and from their left, and You will not find most of them as
thankful ones (i.e. they will not be dutiful to You).” [Soorah al-A’raf (7):
16-17] Ibn Abbas explained, “When Shaytan said this, it was a guess and an
assumption on his part. Yet, the truth turned out to be the same because Allah
says in Soorah Saba, “And indeed Iblees did
prove true his thought about them, and they followed him, all
except a group of true believers. And he had no authority over them, except
that We might test him who believes in the Hereafter, from him who
is in doubt about it. And your Lord is Watchful over
everything…” [Soorah Saba (34): 20-21]
So, although Shaytan has no power over the believers, he is
able to gain control over those who accept his ideas and follow him willingly.
Allah said to Iblees when he avowed to mislead the children of Adam,
“Certainly, you shall have no authority over My slaves, except those who follow
you of the Ghaawoon (those who go astray;
criminals, polytheist and evildoers).” [Soorah al-Hijr (15):
39-42] and it is mentioned in Soorah an-Nahl (16): 99-100, “Verily! He
(Shaytan) has no power over those who believe and put their trust only in their
Lord (Allah). His power is only over those who obey and follow him (Shaytan),
and those who join partners with Him (Allah).” Shaytan can thus, do no more
than call people to misguidance and make it look attractive to them. He has no
power over them to force them into doing what he wants. People who respond to
his call do so because it suits their whims and desires. So blame is attached
only to those who respond to him.On the Day of Judgement, the Qareen (jinn
companion who encourages evil deeds) will testify against man and disown the
actions of man saying he was misguided in himself, receptive
to falsehood and resistant to the truth as Allah says, “his Qareen will say,
‘Our Lord! I did not push him to transgression, (in disbelief, oppression, and
evil deeds), but he was himself in error far astray.’ Allah will say, ‘Dispute
not in front of Me, I had already in advance sent you the threat. The Sentence
that comes from Me cannot be changed, and I am not unjust to the slaves.”
[Soorah al-Qaaf (50): 27-29]
Shaytanis given power over the believers because of
their sins for example Allah's Messenger said about
a Qadhi (judge), “Allah is with the Qadhi so long as he is not unfair. If he
judges unfairly, then He forsakes him and lets the Shaytan be with him.”
[(hasan) al-Hakim and Bayhaqee]
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