Why is Iblis (satan ) eager to mislead mankind When Allah willed it for Iblees to stay alive until the Day of Resurrection, pride came back to Iblees once again and he sensed that this was an ideal way to take revenge from Adam and his offspring. He hates mankind, who are the children of Adam (alaihis-salaam), and he is hostile towards them because he is cursed and has been banished from the Mercy of Allah due to his refusal to prostrate to their father, Adam. (Iblees) said (to Allah), Because You have sent me astray, surely I will sit in wait against them (human beings) on Your Straight Path. Then I will come to them from before them and behind them, from their right and from their left, and You will not find most of them as thankful ones (i.e. they will not be dutiful to You). [(7): 16-17] Ibn Abbas (radhi allahu anhu) commented on, Then I will come to them from before them raising doubts in them concerning their Hereafter, and (from) behind them , making them more eager for this life, from their right, causing them confusion in the religion, and from their left luring them to commit sins. This is meant to cover all paths of good and evil. Shaytan discourages the people from the path of good and lures them to the path of evil. Al-Hakam bin Abban said that Ikrimah narrated from Ibn Abbas concerning the Ayah, Then I will come to them from before them and behind them, from their right and from their left, He did not say that he will come from above them, because the mercy descends from above. Iblees is certain that he is one of those who are doomed, and in addition to this, he is arrogant and ungrateful to his Lord, he thus, resolved to mislead whomever he could of the slaves of Allah. He is eager to mislead and corrupt, so as to increase the number of his followers to share in his fate. Iblees knows that his destination is the Fire, and he hopes to take everyone else with him to Hell, out of envy, hatred, Kufr and stubbornness. Surely, Shaytan is an enemy to you, so take (treat) him as an enemy. He only invites his Hizb (followers) that they may become the dwellers of the blazing Fire. [Soorah al-Fatir (35): 6] Imam Ibn Katheer writes, he only wants to misguide you so that you will enter the blazing Fire with him.�
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