The Friends of Allah & The Friends of Shaytan

The Decisive Criterion between the Awliyaa of The Most Merciful and the Awliyaa of Shaytaan. Indeed the enmity between man and Shaytaan is old, commencing from the time that Adam (alayhi as-salaam) was created. From the time he was ordered to prostrate to him. Shaytaan refused, became arrogant and hence disobeyed his Lord. His arrogance and pride led him to commit a whole host of sins, it made him expend every effort in misleading the children of Adam and made him beautify and embellish sins such that they accepted them and eagerly committed them. Books were sent with the messengers. In the light of His advice, profound injunctions and sever warnings, mankind becomes separated into two groups: a group who were guided and a group who deserved to be misguided. The groups who were guided are the inhabitants of Paradise and the groups who were misguided are the denizens of the Fire. The inhabitants of Paradise are the Awliyaa of the Most Merciful and the denizens of the Fire are the Awliyaa of Shaytaan.