The Weapons of shaytaan!!!

A Greater enemy than the one we see is always the one that will mislead us and take away from the right path.The weapons of shaytaan they are many, but yet we unaware, if we but knew surely we would take heed and note and change ourselves and at least be ready for them!

Here are a few of them:

1. He can dazzle the misguidance

He will mislead in a nice, attractive way. Not to say that is rubbish, don’t listen to that.

E.g. Rather to say take your hijaab off, he will say you like nice with hijaab, but you’ll look better without it, think about the ways you can do your hair, if you took it off, people won’t hate you, you won’t face racism.

"[Iblīs (Satan)] said: "O my Lord! Because you misled me, I shall indeed adorn the path of error for them (mankind) on the earth, and I shall mislead them all." [Al-Hijr 15:39]

2. The weapon of lying and deceiving

Allah told us that he will lie to us and deceive us, like he did to our parents.

"And O Adam! Dwell you and your wife in Paradise, and eat thereof as you both wish, but approach not this tree otherwise you both will be of the Zālimûn (unjust and wrong­doers)." Then Shaitān (Satan) whispered suggestions to them both in order to uncover that which was hidden from them of their private parts (before); he said: "Your Lord did not forbid you this tree save you should become angels or become of the immortals." And he (Shaitān (Satan)) swore by Allāh to them both (saying): "Verily, I am one of the sincere well­-wishers for you both." [Al-A'raf 7:21]

 

"Shaitān (Satan) threatens you with poverty and orders you to commit Fahshā (evil deeds, illegal sexual intercourse, sins etc.); whereas Allāh promises you Forgiveness from Himself and Bounty, and Allāh is All-Sufficient for His creatures' needs, All-Knower." [Al-Baqarah 2:268]

He promises suffering. He can’t promise he will give anything, because he has nothing, he is completely bankrupt.

3. Capability to see us without to be seen

He has an upper hand in the sense that he can see us but we cannot see him. A nasty enemy. Enemies you cannot see, but can see you is a disaster.

"O Children of Adam! Let not Shaitān (Satan) deceive you, as he got your parents (Adam and Hawwa (Eve)) out of Paradise, stripping them of their raiments, to show them their private parts. Verily, he and Qabīluhu (his soldiers from the jinns or his tribe) see you from where you cannot see them. Verily, We made the Shayātin (devils) Auliyā' (protectors and helpers) for those who believe not." [Al-A'raf 7:27]

When people take their clothes off, they are fulfilling the dreams of the kuffaar. That is the sign of someone completely corrupted. When Aadam and Hawah disobeyed, Allah removed their clothes as a punishment.

4. Capability to know news and information before man

Shaytaan can be in the form of Jinn or man.

Allah says, Alladhii yuwas wisu fee sudoorinnas, minal jinnati wan naas.

When the Jinn is obedient, he is Muslim, when disobedient, a kaafir and shaytaan.

That’s why, in the past, before Islam the Jews and Mushriks used to ask the jinn whether it is going to rain or not tomorrow.

How do they have previous information? Because they used to go to the 1st heaven and listen to the discussion of the Angels. They asked each other, did Allah order you to make it rain tomorrow? He would hear that then speak to the fortune teller as he speaks to the Jinns.

But then Allah blocked the heavens from any shaytaan so he cannot enter. And if he tries Allah will send a shooting star to kill him. This is in the Qur’an. If the shaytaan tries to get information, a shooting star will be fired at him until it kills him.

He knows the khabr ul ard, the news of the land, not of the heavens. Fortune tellers know this too. He is not fixed visible form like us. He can shape into anything, he can move faster than us, can go through things, like safes or cupboards.

He knows some of what Allah has informed the Angels.

"The angels come down in the sky and they speak about what Allah has defined as decreed on the heavens. The shaytaan hears it and goes down to the fortune teller. With that little information he will make a hundred lies." [Bukhari 3210]