How Satan Exploits Weakness

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وَهٰذَا لَا يَتَمَكَّنُ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنْهُ إِلَّا بِمَا عِنْدَهُ مِنْ سِلَاحِهِ

And the devil cannot overpower him except with what he possesses of his weaponry.

فَيَدْخُلُ الشَّيْطَانُ إِلَيْهِ فَيَجِدُ سِلَاحَهُ عِنْدَهُ فَيَأْخُذُهُ وَيُقَاتِلُهُ بِهِ

The devil enters him and finds his weaponry with him, takes it and fights him with it.

فَإِنَّ أَسْلِحَتَهُ هِيَ الشَّهَوَاتُ وَالشُّبُهَاتُ وَالْخَيَالَاتُ وَالْأَمَانِيُّ الْكَاذِبَةُ

For his weapons are desires, doubts, imaginations, and false hopes.

وَهِيَ فِي الْقَلْبِ فَيَدْخُلُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَيَجِدُهَا عِنْدَهُ فَيَأْخُذُهَا وَيَصُولُ بِهَا عَلَى الْقَلْبِ

And they are in the heart, so the devil enters and finds them there and attacks the heart with them.

فَإِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَ الْعَبْدِ عُدَّةٌ عَتِيدَةٌ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ تُقَاوِمُ تِلْكَ الْعُدَّةَ وَتَزِيدُ عَلَيْهَا انْتَصَفَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ

If the servant has a ready supply of faith to counter those weapons and surpass them, he prevails over the devil.

وَإِلَّا فَالدَّوْلَةُ لِعَدُوِّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ

Otherwise, the upper hand belongs to his enemy over him, and there is no power or strength except with Allah, the Most High, the Great.

فَإِذَا أَذِنَ الْعَبْدُ لِعَدُوِّهِ وَفَتَحَ لَهُ بَابَ بَيْتِهِ وَأَدْخَلَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَمَكَّنَهُ مِنَ السِّلَاحِ يُقَاتِلُهُ بِهِ فَهُوَ الْمَلُومُ

If the servant permits his enemy, opens the door of his house for him, lets him in, and enables him with weaponry to fight him, then he is to blame.

فَنَفْسَكَ لُمْ وَلَا تَلُمِ الْمَطَايَا

Blame yourself, not the mounts...

وَمُتْ كَمَدًا فَلَيْسَ لَكَ اعْتِذَارٌ

Die of grief, for you have no excuse.