Allah cursed him [16] and expelled him -la from the skies to the earth...

Allah cursed him [16] and expelled him -la from the skies to the earth, while being thrown out, Iblis -la asked for a respite so that he -la could misguide people on the earth to which Allah -azwj agreed (15:36-38) and gave him -la a long life-span and access to the minds and bodies of people.\u00a0 In his -la shear arrogance he -la blamed Allah -azwj for misleading him -la as Allah -azwj Says: \u00a0 He (Iblis) said, My Lord, because You have led me astray, I will adorn for them in the earth and will mislead them in their entirety [15:39].\u00a0 Allah -azwj replied to Iblis -la : Surely, (as for) My servants, there wouldn\u2019t be any authority for you upon them, except for the ones who follow you from the straying ones [15:42].\u00a0 \n Since, the start of human race, Iblis -la has been actively misleading people – from the time of inciting Qabeel to kill Habeel -as to this day.

In the first part of the above Verse, Allah -azwj says:\u00a0 Surely, (as for) My servants, there wouldn\u2019t be any authority for you upon them\u2026 [15:42], so, who are they? These are the Divine authorities (Prophets and Imam) sent to earth by Allah -azwj to Protect people and from Iblis -la and his army from jinns.\u00a0 Allah -azwj Kept on Sending Prophets -as and Imams -as to guide people but Iblis -la and his -la army kept on torturing them -as and killing them -as .

And continued with dividing people into sects and groups who falsified the Divine message, obscured the true doctrine and promoted doubts by projecting false imams.

\n The influence of Iblis -la is very strong as Ali -azwj Ibn Abi Talib -azwj says: \n Amir-ul-Momineen -asws said in the sermon of Al-Qasi\u2019a: \u2018Therefore, you should fear lest Satan -la infects you with his disease, or leads you astray through his call, or marches on you with his cavalry and infantry, because, by my -asws life, he has put the arrow in the bow for you, and has stretched the bow strongly, and has aimed at you from a nearby position, and: He said, \u2018Lord!

Due to You having Misled me, I will adorn for them in the earth and will mislead them in their entirety [15:39] \u2019. [17] \n Therefore, today, there are many sects among Muslims, Shia Muslims have met the same fate, for example today, Zaidia, Ismaili, Waqafi, twelve Imamis are the main ones.\u00a0 Among the twelve Imamis are the Usoolis, a fraction of Usoolis believing in Wali-e-Faqi, and the non-Taqleedis which are called as Akhbaris [18] .