While going, Satan told Hadhrat Ghawth Ul A’adham (May Allah be well pleased with him): O Abdul Qadir! You saved yourself with your knowledge.  Otherwise, I have tricked thousands of Auliya at this stage.  Hadhrat Ghawth Ul A’adham (May Allah be well pleased with him) said: You devil! You still want to deceive me?  I did not save myself with my knowledge, but Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala) saved me from your harm with His grace.

The work of Satan is nothing but to put a thought into our hearts.  Satan does not force us to do something, but we ourselves do that thing in our carelessness and fall into the abyss of discredit.  That is why if you have to do something or say something, do not do it immediately.  First, judge whether it is from Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala) or from Satan.  If it is from Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala), then go ahead and do it; if it even seems to be from Satan, then do not pay attention and do against it.

There is another enemy whom we consider our friend and carry around with us.  Who is it? Our Nafs . O ur Self, our desires.  Satan does all that it wants to with its help.  That is because, the way Nafs is connected with us, in the same way, in its interior it has got a connection with Satan also.  Whatever Satan teaches it, this damned Nafs secretly makes it beautiful and presents it to us.  We immediately obey the sin and destroy ourselves.

The devils among the men are also dangerous enemies.  Very many deeply religious people go bad in their company.  Satan first takes the help of these people only.  When he does not succeed, then he takes the help of Nafs.  Then, this traitor makes Satan successful.  In short, it is very difficult to save the Iman in such a situation.

When a person steps on to the path of closeness to Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala), Satan feels a great sorrow. It desires to inflict harm in any way possible. First, it tries to make that person