THE VEIL OF SATAN
Avert Deception
THE following is a part of a lengthy Hadith of the Prophet of Islam: Satan keeps hovering over the eyes of humankind so that they may not reflect upon the divine signs scattered all over the heavens and the earth. Had it not been so, they would certainly see the divine wonders in the universe.
The universe around us is called nature in scientific terminology. Man comes across numerous events or phenomena in this vast world of nature. He sees and has experiences, but most people are unable to derive any meaning or lesson from them. This verse of the Quran refers to the unheeding: “And there are many signs in the heavens and the earth that they pass by and give no heed to”. (12: 105)
These events scattered in the universe are in fact divine signs—they serve as an introduction to the Creator in the form of His creation. If man were to see with open eyes he would observe the marvels of nature in these signs.
It is Satan who puts the thought in man’s mind that all those signs of nature are the result of the laws of cause and effect, occurring as a natural consequence, rather than as the result of divine power
But Satan puts such thoughts in man’s mind as prevent him from seeing those events of nature from the right perspective. It is Satan who puts the thought in man’s mind that all those signs of nature are the result of the laws of cause and effect, occurring as a natural consequence, rather than as the result of divine power. Satan tries to stop man from looking at these events from the point of view of deriving lessons from them. He strives to make man look at them purely from the point view of material gain. Satan tries to make man take everything around him for granted and not ponder or reflect upon them. It is these Satanic whisperings (waswasa) which deprive man of the right realization of reality.
He who is most in error is one
who cannot say ' I have erred.'