(Sura al-A’raaf, 7:27) Only one thing can save you from Satan the accursed.

(Sura al-A’raaf, 7:27) Only one thing can save you from Satan the accursed. That is Isti’adha. Besides Allah (S.w.T.)’s Protection there is no way of saving oneself from the tricks and deceptions of Satan. The Prophet of Islam (S) exhorted by Allah (S.w.T.) to do Isti’adha Man wishes to have access to the Presence of Allah (S.w.T.), but Satan tries his best to prevent him from achieving this end.

Otherwise, one would find to his surprise that the place where he was prostrating himself for long was, in fact, Satan’s abode and in his ignorance he thought that he was prostrating to god. When, in such a situation, he uttered ‘O god!” in actual fact he had been submitting himself to Satan! Worshipping Satan the whole Life An incident is narrated in Muntakhab al-Tawareekh.

My mentor, Ustadh ‘Ali al-Haeri, told in one of his lectures, “In a village of the Isfahan province a rustic villager was in the last throes of his life. The pious person of the village was requested to say the talqeen, or pronounce the creed to the dying person to repeat it.

During the talqeen when the sick person said la ilaha illa Allah to bear witness to the Unity of Allah (S.w.T.), from a corner of the room a sound came - Sadaqat ‘abdi – ‘My creature says the truth!’ When the sick man said, ‘ Ya Allah - O God!’ Then again the sound came from the same corner of the room, ‘*labbayk ‘abdi’- ‘*My creature I am here!’ The pious person asked, ‘Who are you that calls?’ The reply was, ‘I am the one whom this person had worshipped all his life! I am Satan!’ Yes!