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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Adab as-Salat: The Disciplines of the Prayer Second Revised Edition Some Disciplines Of Isti‘adhah Allah, the Exalted, says: “ And when you recite the Qur'an take refuge in Allah from the outcast Satan. He has no authority over those who believe and on their Lord rely.

His authority is only over those who befriend him and those who associate partner with Him.” [^1] Among the important disciplines of recitation, especially the recitation in the salāt , which is a spiritual journey to Allah, the real ascension and the ladder to reach the people of Allah, is the isti'ādhah , seeking refuge in Allah, from the outcast Satan, who is the thorn of the road to knowledge, and the one who blocks the way of the sālik 's travel to Allah, as Allah, the Exalted, says through him, in the blessed sūrah of al-'Arāf : “ He said: 'As you have led me astray, I shall lurk in ambush for them on your straight path.” [^2] He has sworn to lurk for the sons of Adam on the straight path to prevent them from entering it.

So, the salāt , which is the straight path of humanity and the ascension for reaching Allah, cannot take place without isti'ādhah from this brigand, and without taking refuge in the fortified fort of Divinity from his evil, there can be no security. This isti'ādhah , this taking refuge, cannot be implemented with empty utterances, a lifeless form or a world with no Hereafter.

It is observed that there were people who did utter these words for forty or fifty years, yet they were not saved from the evil of this bandit, and, actually, in their conducts and acts, and even in their beliefs they followed Satan and imitated him.

Had we really taken refuge from the evils of this wicked one, the Sacred Essence of Allah, the Exalted, Who is the Absolute Gracious, the Omnipotent, the All-Merciful, the All-Knowing and Generous, would have granted us His protection, and our faith, moralities and deeds would have been amended.

So, we must know that our being left behind the travelers on the road to Allah is due to Satan's temptations and because we have fallen under his control owing to our own shortcomings and inefficiency in applying the spiritual disciplines and acquiring the required conditions of the heart. So, it is because of this that we get nothing of the spiritual results and the external and internal effects of our invocations, supplications and worships.