The First Talk Worshipping the Satan
the whole life
A fable is narrated in Muntaqib al Tawareeq.
My mentor, Ustad Ali al Haeri, told in one of his lectures,
" In a village of the Isfahan province a rustic villager
was in the last throes of his life. The pious person of
the village was requested to say the talqeen,
or pronounce the creed to the dying person to repeat it.
During the talqeen when the sick person
said la ilaha il Allah to bear witness to the
Unity of Allah, from a corner of the room a sound came-'Sadaqat
abdi- My creature you say the truth!' When the sick
man said, 'Ya Allah- O God!' Then again the sound
came from the same corner of the room,' labbaek abdi!-
My creature I am here!' The pious person asked, ' Who
are you that calls?' The reply was, ' I am the person's
creator whom he had worshipped all his life! I am Satan!'
Yes! It is a fact that the man worshipped Satan his entire
life. He was always responding to the call of the Satan.
His tongue spoke at the Satan's orders. His eyes saw things
in response to the Satan's wishes. His heart responded
to Satan's wishes. When throughout his life the person
was at the beck and call of Satan, then at the time of
the talqeen whether he said 'Ya Rab'
or 'Ya Iblees' his respondent can only be Satan.
Even if the curtains got raised in the person's last moments,
and he was repentant, even then he would get only disappointment!
Of what use will be this repentance!
O believers! Try to be steadfast in doing the Ista-aaza.
Don't underestimate your enemy, the Satan! Don't be under
the illusion that only repeating the words 'Aaoozu
billahi min al shaitan ir rajeem' is sufficient.
Remember! Unless you understand the purport of these words
and mould your actions as per the Commandments of Allah,
the Ista-aaza will not be of any utility.
