Shaykh Saalih
al-Fawzaan says:
Iblees – who is the
imaam of the callers of misguidance – took a pledge that he will misguide the
children of Aadam. He said (to Allah): “Because you have sent me astray, surely
I will sit in wait against them (human beings) on Your Straight Path.”
Look! He said: “Because
You (Allah) have sent me astray” – the wretched one did not acknowledge his
sin, rather he ascribed it to Allah saying: ‘It was You that sent me astray.’
This is what is
referred to as the methodology of the al-Jabariyyah. Iblees did not acknowledge
his own mistake, but Aadam did acknowledge his by saying: “O’ our Lord, we have
wronged ourselves and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us we will
be from amongst the losers.”
So, both Aadam and
Iblees disobeyed Allah, however Aadam acknowledged his mistake and did not
ascribe it to Allah. He ascribed it to himself (to his shortcomings) and said: “O’
our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have
mercy upon us we will be from amongst the losers.”
Whereas Iblees did
not acknowledge his mistake and placed the blame on Allah instead, by saying: “You
have sent me astray.”
We ask Allah for
pardon.
Iblees then pledged
to lead the sons of Aadam astray by coming at them “from the front, the behind,
the right and the left of them,” meaning, from every single angle to prevent and
obstruct them from the Straight Path, ”and you will not find most of them
grateful.”
Allah granted him
respite for a wisdom, to distinguish between the true believer, the hypocrite
and the disbeliever. Allah has not left everyone to be the same, there must be
trials and tests to be able to distinguish the people.
And a person being
from the callers of misguidance – this is his punishment just how Iblees became
from the callers of misguidance due to his sin.
We seek refuge in
Allah from this.
When a person
abandons good, he is punished with evil. Iblees left the good by refusing to
prostrate before Aadam and was therefore put to trial with evil. Similarly,
every person who abandons good will undoubtedly fall into evil.
An Explanation of
Kashf ash-Shubuhaat, http://youtube/vXbU2oOTHos
Translated by Abu Idrees Muhammad
Translated by Abu Idrees Muhammad
@AbuIdrees
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