The Decisive Criterion Between ‘ The Friends of Allah and The Friends of Shaytan’

Author : Shaykhu’l-Islam, Ahamad Ibn Taymiyyah
Pages : 413

Indeed the enmity between man and Shaytan is old, commencing from the time that Adam (alayi as-salam) was created- from the time that he was ordered to prostrate to him. Shaytan refused became arrogant and hence disobeyed his Lord. His arrogance and pride led him to commit a whole host of sins, it made him expend every effort in misleading the children of Adam and made him beautify and embellish sins such that they accepted them and eagerly committed them. Due to this, Allah, the Exalted, revealed the Book, sent the messengers and enjoined His servants to various injunctions and admonitions in order to secure them from the evil of Shaytan.