Al-Hijr 40: “But not your sincere servants among them.”
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“But not your sincere servants among them.”
Tafsir
Except for those who have set their hearts on Allah and are adorned with piety and have become among the friends of Allah. The angel cannot approach them. The moment he approaches such people and gives them temptation, they understand his temptation and seek refuge in Allah and stay away from the path he has shown them.
The temptation of the angel is ignorant to the servant who knows Allah. It is outside the Shari'ah ruling and it is egoistic. Those who carry the light of Allah in their hearts understand the temptation of the angel with this light of faith. They stay away from such temptations and the path shown. They realize that these are from the devil. The angel cannot rule over such people because it is contrary to Allah's Shari'ah ruling and the verses. On the other hand, those who make a bad covenant, because they are accompanied by egoistic feelings, fall prey to the temptations of the angel. Since their sins look good to them, they take their place next to the evil one.
What is said in the video
Except Your sincere servants among them, it says. In one verse it also says: the temptation Satan gives, to My servant who knows Me, is foolish. Here too: except Your sincere servants among them. People who have given their hearts to Allah Almighty, adorned themselves with taqwa and entered among Allah's friends are excepted. For example, the Prophet says in his hadiths: I have bound my Satan. I have bound my Satan. And Allah's righteous servants have also bound their satans. Because wherever Satan approaches them from, those righteous servants of Allah, in the light of the verses, understand Satan's temptation and remain ignorant of it.
Satan's temptation. People who have given their hearts to Allah Almighty, adorned themselves with taqwa and entered among Allah's friends are excepted. The Accursed One cannot approach them. The moment he approaches such people and tempts them, these people understand the Accursed One's temptation and, taking refuge in Allah from him, keep away from the path he has shown. The Accursed One's temptation is foolish to the servant who knows Allah. It is outside the sharia ruling and comes from the nafs. Those among people who carry Allah's light in their hearts, with this light of faith, understand the Accursed One's temptation. From such whisperings that lead into sin and from the path shown they keep away. They understand that these come from Satan.
Because it runs against Allah's sharia ruling and the verses, the Accursed One cannot impose his rule on such people. But those who gave their covenant badly, since they are with the feelings of the nafs, are carried away by the temptation the Accursed One gives. And since sins look beautiful to them, they take their place beside the Accursed One.