Notis: Det följande är en reproduktion av artiklen "Satan according to the Quran".

The following are some of the attributes of Satan as described in the Quran.

SATAN - TEMPORARY GOD ON EARTH

Recall that your Lord said to the angels, "I am placing a representative (a temporary god) on Earth." They said, "Will You place therein one who will spread evil therein and shed blood, while we sing Your praises, glorify You, and uphold Your absolute authority?" He said, "I know what you do not know." [2:30]

They will be thrown therein, together with the strayers. And all of Satan's soldiers. They will say as they feud therein, "By GOD, we were far astray. "How could we set you up to rank with the Lord of the universe? "Those who misled us were wicked." [26:94-99]

FALLEN ANGEL

When we said to the angels, "Fall prostrate before Adam," they fell prostrate, except Satan; he refused, was too arrogant, and a disbeliever. [2:34]

We created you, then we shaped you, then we said to the angels, "Fall prostrate before Adam." They fell prostrate, except Iblees (Satan); he was not with the prostrators. [7:11]

We said to the angels, "Fall prostrate before Adam." They fell prostrate, except Satan. He became a jinn, for he disobeyed the order of His Lord. Will you choose him and his descendants as lords instead of Me, even though they are your enemies? What a miserable substitute! [18:50]

ARROGANT

He said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I ordered you?" He said, "I am better than he; You created me from fire, and created him from mud." He said, "Therefore, you must go down, for you are not to be arrogant here. Get out; you are debased." [7:12-13]

He said, "O Satan, what prevented you from prostrating before what I created with My hands? Are you too arrogant? Have you rebelled?" He said, "I am better than he; You created me from fire, and created him from clay." [38:75-76]

SATAN AND HIS FOLLOWERS HAVE A TEMPORARY RESPITE

He said, "You are granted a respite." [7:15]

[15:36] He said, "My Lord, respite me until the day they are resurrected."

He said, "You are respited. Until the specified day and time." [15:37-38]

A PROVEN LIAR

He said, "Since You have willed that I go astray, I will skulk for them on Your straight path. [7:16]

WILL DO ANYTHING TO MISLEAD THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN GOD

"You may entice them with your voice, and mobilize all your forces and all your men against them, and share in their money and children, and promise them. Anything the devil promises is no more than an illusion. [17:64]

"I will come to them from before them, and from behind them, and from their right, and from their left, and You will find that most of them are unappreciative." "As for you, Adam, dwell with your wife in Paradise, and eat therefrom as you please, but do not approach this one tree, lest you fall in sin." The devil whispered to them, in order to reveal their bodies, which were invisible to them. He said, "Your Lord did not forbid you from this tree, except to prevent you from becoming angels, and from attaining eternal existence." He swore to them, "I am giving you good advice." He thus duped them with lies. As soon as they tasted the tree, their bodies became visible to them, and they tried to cover themselves with the leaves of Paradise. Their Lord called upon them: "Did I not enjoin you from that tree, and warn you that the devil is your most ardent enemy?" They said, "Our Lord, we have wronged our souls, and unless You forgive us and have mercy on us, we will be losers." [7:17, 19-23]

PROHIBITS LAWFUL THINGS

O people, eat from the earth's products all that is lawful and good, and do not follow the steps of Satan; he is your most ardent enemy. He only commands you to commit evil and vice, and to say about GOD what you do not know. [2:168-169]

We placed between them and the communites that we blessed other oases, and we secured the journey between them: "Travel therein days and nights in complete security." But they (turned unappreciative and) challenged: "Our Lord, we do not care if You increase the distance of our journeys (without any stations)." They thus wronged their own souls. Consequently, we made them history, and scattered them into small communities throughout the land. This should provide lessons for those who are steadfast, appreciative. Satan found them readily fulfilling his expectations. They followed him, except a few believers. He never had any power over them. But we thus distinguish those who believe in the Hereafter from those who are doubtful about it. Your Lord is in full control of all things. [34:18-21]

The criteria in verse 34:21 inform us whether or not we believe in the Hereafter are in 6:113, 17:45, & 39:45. These three criteria bring out our true convictions, regardless of our oral statements.

OUR MOST ARDENT ENEMY

O you who believe, you shall embrace total submission; do not follow the steps of Satan, for he is your most ardent enemy. [2:208]

Some livestock supply you with transportation, as well as bedding materials. Eat from GOD's provisions to you, and do not follow the steps of Satan; he is your most ardent enemy. [6:142]

SATAN WILL POSSESS THE MAJORITY

He said, "Since You have honored him over me, if You respite me till the Day of Resurrection, I will possess all his descendants, except a few." [17:62]

Satan found them readily fulfilling his expectations. They followed him, except a few believers. [34:20]

SATAN HAS NO POWER OVER GOD’S SERVANTS

"As for My servants, you have no power over them." Your Lord suffices as an advocate. [17:65]

"Except those among Your worshipers who are devoted absolutely to You alone." He said, "This is a law that is inviolable. "You have no power over My servants. You only have power over the strayers who follow you. [15:40-42]

He has no power over those who believe and trust in their Lord. His power is limited to those who choose him as their master, those who choose him as their god. [16:99-100]

He said, "I swear by Your majesty, that I will send them all astray. "Except Your worshipers who are devoted absolutely to You alone." [38:82-83]

SATAN EXCLUDED FROM WITNESSING THE CREATION PROCESS

I never permitted them to witness the creation of the heavens and the earth, nor the creation of themselves. Nor do I permit the wicked to work in My kingdom. [18:51]

SATAN ENCOURAGES BASELESS ACCUSATIONS

O you who believe, do not follow the steps of Satan. Anyone who follows the steps of Satan should know that he advocates evil and vice. If it were not for GOD's grace towards you, and His mercy, none of you would have been purified. But GOD purifies whomever He wills. GOD is Hearer, Knower. [24:21]