Man should be constantly struggling to make his presence useful...

Man should be constantly struggling to make his presence useful; hence, any action that incites him to non-seriousness, laziness, seeking excessive pleasure and prosperity is taghut. Man should obey the Godly instructions. Everything that keeps him away from obeying God and makes him rebellious to God is taghut. So taghut is not a proper noun. And it is incorrect to think that it is the name of an idol. Yes, there was an idol by the name of taghut. However, it is not a fixed entity.

Sometimes we ourselves are taghut; sometimes it is our wealth; sometimes it is our luxurious lifestyle; sometimes it is our desires; sometimes it is someone whom we give our hand and close our eyes so he can take us anywhere he wants to; sometimes it is gold and silver; and sometimes it is the collective system and the law. So taghut is not one specific thing. Wilayat of Taghut and Wilayat of Satan Whoever has left the Wilayat of God has definitely entered the Wilayat of Taghut and Satan.

However, what is the relationship between Satan and Taghut? There is more than a relationship between them; Satan is Taghut and Taghut is Satan. As Glorious Qur'an says: اَلَّذِيْنَ ٰامَنُوْا يُقَاتِلُوْنَ فِيْ سَبِيْلِ الله The believers fight in the path of Allah. وَ الَّذِيْنَ کَفَرُوْا يُقَاتِلُوْنَ فِيْ سَبِيْلِ الطَّاغُوْتِ And the non-believers fight in the path of Taghut.

Then it says: فَقَاتِلُوْآ اَوْلِيَآئَ الشَّيْطٰنِ اِنَّ کَيْدَ الشَّيْطٰنِ کَانَ ضَعِيْفًا So you fight with the Satan's companions; certainly, the tactics of Satan are very weak. [^1] In these verses we see that the names of Satan and Taghut have been used interchangeably. So Satan is an entity that instigates man from outside to create trouble, ruin, disgrace, oppression, evil and ignorance. Satans are humans as well as jinns. There are satans who are among relatives, wives and ancestors.

One example of a satan is Iblis who raised a standard against Prophet Adam and did certain things that we read about. All of us curse this particular Satan all our lives, whereas, he is not the only satan. Perhaps he may not be the only first and last satan. There are many satans in the world who can be felt through hands, eyes and sometimes they are even our companions. On the whole every Wilayat other than that of God is the Wilayat of satan and taghut.

Someone who is not spending his life under the rule of the real Wali should know that he is passing his life under the rein of Taghut and Satan.

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