THE TRIAL OF MAN — Angels and Satan

is that man should eliminate the feelings of personal greatness and immediately submit to God's command even though it may amount to acknowledging someone lesser than him. Those who stand up against a 'tyrant' ruler will find a large crowd in their support. Seeing the throngs of supporters these people are deluded into believing that the one who is in the seat of power is the only oppressor in the country. All others are examples of peace and justice. If this tyrant is removed from his seat of power then the floodgates of justice will open and winds of peace will blow from all corners. But this is a grave fallacy. The mob that assembles to support the movement challenging the powers of a 'tyrant' does not do so because of nationalist sentiments. Rather, these are always the result of anti-national sentiments which are a common feature amongst most communities. Man should eliminate the feelings of personal greatness and immediately submit to God's command even though it may amount to acknowledging someone lesser than him. To challenge the power of another is extremely appealing to such sentiments. When any leader takes up such a negative issue, these sentiments help in drawing the crowds towards his support. Because of these very same reasons the ease with which the unity that develops in the name of fighting against ‘oppression’ disappears as easily at the time of establishing 'justice'. In reality, rising with the sole purpose of bringing another down is due to anti-national feelings. Starting such movements only serves to create conflict instead of justice and reformation. Merely because such actions are resorted to in the name of religion, they cannot be called religious activities. Satan does not have any power or authority over human beings. His method is one of false adornment of deeds (THE QURAN 15: 39). That is, adorning bad deeds so that they appear good. Satan uses this very method constantly to make man follow his path. Whenever justice calls for a person to 'bow down' to another; when truth demands one to accept the other’s contention, Satan appears and begins instigating and influencing the person to follow his method instead of the angelic method. So that instead of 'bowing down' he spurns and rejects the other. All the evils of human society, within the family or outside of it, begin with a grievance. A person gets angered over a matter that