Commentary
1 Proclaim! I seek refuge in the Lord of people, 2 the King of people,
3 the God of people, 4 from the evil of the whisperings of the incessant
retreating whisperer, 5 who whispers into the minds of people – 6
whether he is from jinns or human beings.
This Soorah uses three attributes of Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta’aala to seek His protection:
Lord of people Who takes care of their needs and provides sustenance, King of people
Who rules over them on His own authority and power, and God of people only Who is
worthy of and has the legitimate right to be worshipped. Being the Lord, King and
God, only He has the power, means and authority to protect people from the machinations,
temptations and incitements of the Shayŧaan who wants people to express their gratitude
to others for the bounties of Allaah, to disobey Him while obeying their own wishes
or wishes of other people, and join others with Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta’aala in
worship and devotion.
Shayŧaan incites people by continually whispering his bad ideas and notions into
the minds of people. These incitements come in the form of friendly advice, good
ideas, and useful innovations. It is done in a manner that people do not even feel
that they are being misguided. It continues until the barrier is broken and the
person decides to try it only once. Then the next time it becomes easier and easier
to have the person repeat the same behaviour until it becomes a part of his personality.
Then the incitement starts on the next more serious level of the bad behaviour.
The irony is that despite the repeated suggestions in various convincing ways, the
Shayŧaan never takes the responsibility of the action of his victim, because all
he did was suggest, the decision to act was the person’s own. All these meanings
are covered in the “Waswaasilkhannaas” – “whisperings of the incessant retreating
whisperer”.
The most important thing to remember in this respect is that such Shayŧaan can be
a Jinn who is not visible or a human being, your friend, your colleague and your
peer with whom you spend time or to whom you listen. Anyone who suggests something
to you that should not be done, regardless of the excuse or the convincing reasons
the person uses, is a Shayŧaan from whom you must seek the refuge of Allaah Subhaanahu
wa Ta’aala.
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