Satan
17 sayings
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
So take a lesson from how Allah dealt with Iblis [Satan], when He thwarted his great works and his extensive efforts [because of the vanity of a single moment] even though he had been worshipping Allah for six thousand years, each hour of which was so long that it is not known whether they were years by the reckoning of this world or the next.
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 192; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 815 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
I praise Allah and seek His aid against the acts that led to Satan's banishment and his eviction, and [I seek] His protection from his snares and his deceitful ways.
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 151; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 815 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Be on your guard against the enemy who covertly penetrates into your hearts and secretly whispers into your ears
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2633; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 816 link
Iblis [Satan] lays out his traps in the Abode of Delusion, intending to ensnare none but our friends [i.e. lovers of the ahl al-bayt].
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 301; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 816 link
It is he who is closest to you and yet harbours the most enmity towards you and he who provokes all your enemies against you, and he is Iblis [Satan].
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 399; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 816 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
There are three types of temptation: the love of women, which Satan uses as his sword; drinking wine, which Satan uses as his snare; and love of the dinar and the dirham [symbols of wealth], which Satan uses as his arrow
al-Khisal, p. 113, no. 91; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 816 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
They have taken Satan as the controller of their affairs, and he has in turn adopted them as his partners. He has laid eggs and hatched them in their bosoms, and creeps and crawls onto their laps, until he sees through their eyes and speaks with their tongues. Thus does he lead them to commit errors and glamorizes their own foolish deeds to them, like the act of one whom Satan has made partner in his domain, speaking lies through his tongue
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 7; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 816 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
O Kumayl! Verily Iblis [Satan] does not threaten them in his own name, rather he threatens them in Allah's name in order to cause them to disobey Him, and thus does he entangle them in difficulties.
Basharat al-Mustafa, p. 27; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 816 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Satan takes charge of him [the servant] and glamorizes the sin to him in order that he commit it, and makes him indulge false hopes of forgiveness in order that he delay it
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 64; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 817 link
Were it not for the fact that Satan misleads them from Your obedience, no disobeyer would have ever disobeyed You, and were it not for the fact that he portrays falsehood to them in the likeness of truth, no strayer would have ever strayed from Your path.
al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 37, line 144; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 817 link
Iblis [Satan] addresses his troops saying, 'Sow jealousy and dissention between them, for verily these are tantamount to polytheism in the sight of Allah
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 327, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 817 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Increase in your supplication and you will be secure from Satan's force
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 9, no. 64; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 818 link
Guard yourself against Iblis [Satan] with true dread
Bihar al-Anwar, p. 164, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 818 link
Iblis [Satan] said, 'There are five types of people against whom I have no stratagem, whilst I have the rest of people firmly in my grasp: he who clings fast to Allah with a true intention and relies solely on Him in all his affairs, he who is in constant and abundant glorification of Allah day and night, he who pleases for his brother in faith whatever he pleases for himself, he who does not feel anxious about an affliction when it befalls him, and he who is satisfied with whatever Allah has allotted to him and does not worry about his sustenance.
al-Khisal, p. 285, no. 37; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 818 link
Moses (AS) was once sitting down when Iblis [Satan] approached him Moses asked him, 'So inform me about the sin which if the son of Adam were to commit would give you mastery over him.' He replied, 'When he feels proud of himself [for a particular action], and continues to perform that action, deeming his sin insignificant
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 314, no. 8; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 818 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Sitting in the company of people who are driven by their base desires is the key to obliviousness of one's faith and is the very seat of Satan's presence.
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 86; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 819 link
Satan's strongest forces are [mobilized through] women and anger.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 363; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 819 link
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