Low desires and the Devil The devil has been created from fire. - TopicsExpress



          

Low desires and the Devil The devil has been created from fire. Mans body also requires heat for keeping it alive (that is why the body of a dead person turns cold), and the nature of his emotions and desires is also related to this warmth. Heat, when under control, forms the basis of all movement and action. The devil, however, fuels and ignites this fire to the extent that mans emotions and desires run out of control. One manifestation of this is the fire of greed in a mans heart which never leaves him satisfied and he is always yearning for, Is there more? This fire becomes the palpable conflagration of hell, in the life Hereafter. This is clearly described in chapter hundred and four of the Holy Quran, and in the last verse of chapter 36 quoted earlier in this lesson as: This is the hell which you were promised. Enter it this day because you disbelieved. Allah, the Most High teaches man to control his emotions and desires, to utilize them for the motive power in the struggle of life and to achieve moral and spiritual progress with it. Those who submit to the devil, instead of submission to Allah, ignite this inner fire of discontent in their hearts, and will feel its heat as the external hell-fire in the life Hereafter. This treatment is a remedial measure for their reformation. The more prolonged and deep rooted the spiritual illness, the longer will be the treatment. I have quoted, and explained this verse of chapter thirty six because it explains the verses being discussed in this lesson. After stating in the first verse, that true guidance has been clearly distinguished from falsehood, it warns man to be on guard against the devil who attempts to lead him astray. The next verse enjoins man to enter into a state of peace through belief in Allah (for Iman, the Arabic word for belief also stands for peace). The Holy Quran repeatedly gives arguments on the existence of One God in order to inculcate such a belief. I have described these arguments in my previous lesson based on the verse, Aayat-ul-Kursi.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 20:11:20 +0000

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