How Satan Works

And We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."

Hey!

Listen both of you (Adam & Eve).

That tree over there...I am talking to both of you...that tree stay away.

Now when the tree is right here, 'hadhihis shajara.'

So you will find in Quran when the tree is further away...it's, 'tilkumas shajara'.

When the tree is closer, 'hadhihis shajara' which actually plays the role in how we analyze the story.

How we analyze...and by the way how many trees are there in jannah?

It's called 'jannah' which means its lush...which means it's filled abundantly, endlessly with trees.

How big is Jannah?

And how many trees in Jannah are haram?

One!

How much real estate do you have to find halal in jannah?

And Shaythaan could still get you to come to...the billions of trees...that is the expanse of the skies and the earth.

He tried to get you to go near that one tree.

Originally, when He first introduces them to jannah, He says, 'Settle here. This is the tree you can't go near. Now go enjoy yourself.'

And they go enjoy themselves. And they go faaar...out there.

But after the mistake, 'tilkumas shajara.'

To illustrate, by the way, that you came a long way to do this.

And that's why we understand, 'Fadallahuma bighuroor.'

Shaythaan wheeled them in using deception.

You know what 'dalla' means, 'dalu'?

What's 'dalu'?

It's a verb that comes from that - 'dalla....'

To use a bucket to lure people in.

'Dalla' is also used when you pull a bucket up from a well.

Does it come up right away or slowly?

Yes?

Now if a bucket comes up quickly - 'adla'!

When a bucket comes up slowly -- 'dalla'!

'dallahuma bighuroor.'

He slooowly wheeled them in!

It was little bit...then a little bit...then a little bit...and every time was almost...almost inconceivable that we are doing something wrong.

Cuz it was just a little bit of a...one step closer, 'we are not even at the tree.'

'We are just kind of...we can't even see it yet!'

'We can't see it. We are just a step closer.'

'This is not haram!'

What do people do when they fall into a trap of Shaythaan?

Shaythyaan comes to them and says, 'Hey! Why don't you do like ultimate super crazy haram and burn in hell?'

No!

He says, 'Hey man! Take it easy a little.'

'Whatever...there's still time for fajr. Chillax!

'Just a little bit more. Just go back to sleep!'

You can feel Shaythaans foot pressing down on the pillow.

And you are like, 'I gotta a little bit of time.'

So first he gets you at salaat.

You will be the guy who shows up first before the adhan.

Then, 'you don't have to go that early.'

Show up after the adhan. Then you would be like, 'You don't have to pray all the sunnas. It's not fun!'

Then he'll be like, 'okay! Okay, we have salat at 8.15. Its only 8 right now! Just go at 8.10.'

Then a couple of weeks later you would be like, 'look! You are gonna catch salat.'

He is gonna work his way, right?

So then you catch like the 3rd rak'ah.

Then he comes back and says, "hey man! I mean it's already over. Just pray at home.'

Then he comes back and says, 'It's already over and you're like half way through the movie, just finish the movie and pray.'

He works his way.

And then, eventually, now you start...you used to be praying at the masjid, and slowly you are praying at home, then you are praying at home really late, then you are like, you are really tired right now.

You just finished watching a movie.

Why don't you sleep a little and wake up and pray.

Just a little! I mean, You'll wake up. You know, you got control.

So you wake up at 2.00 in the morning, 3.00 in the morning and you are like, 'I haven't prayed Isha.'

'dallahuma bighuroor.'

Little by...little!

But it all happens very little...!

He's got a lot of patience.

And he has done this with plenty of people before.

By Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan (NAK)