It is to be noted here that Satan (shaitan)...

It is to be noted here that Satan (shaitan), referred to in ‘‘Ali’s sermon, should not be mistaken for Iblis, the creature who, according to the text of the Qur’an, refused to bow down to Adam and then implored God to keep him alive till the Day of Judgment but God promised only to keep him alive, until the Day of the Time Appointed. This creature should not in any way be assimilated with other creatures.

We should grow accustomed to accepting the exact concepts of the Qur’anic statements, and not merely what our prejudices warrant. Satan has a different meaning. Generally speaking according to the Qur’an, it is applied to those forces, which, create…