Repelling the Devil

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فَلَمْ يَبْقَ لِلِّصِّ إِلَّا البَيْتُ الثَّالِثَ فَهُوَ الَّذِي يَشُنُّ عَلَيْهِ الغَارَةَ

So the thief is left with only the third house, which he launches an attack on.

فَلْيَتَأَمَّلِ اللَّبِيبُ هَذَا المِثَالَ حَقَّ التَّأَمُّلِ

So let the intelligent one reflect on this example thoroughly,

وَلْيُنَزِّلْهُ عَلَى القُلُوبِ

and apply it to the hearts,

فَإِنَّهَا عَلَى مَنَوَالِهِ

as they are patterned upon it.

فَقَلْبٌ خَلَا مِنَ الخَيْرِ كُلِّهِ

So a heart that is devoid of all good,

وَهُوَ قَلْبُ الكَافِرِ وَالمُنَافِقِ

which is the heart of the disbeliever and the hypocrite,

فَذَلِكَ بَيْتُ الشَّيْطَانِ

that is the house of Satan,

قَدْ أَحْرَزَهُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَاسْتَوْطَنَهُ

which he has taken for himself and inhabited,

وَاتَّخَذَهُ سَكَنًا وَمُسْتَقَرًّا

and made it a dwelling and a place of stability.

فَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ يَسْرِقُ مِنْهُ

So what could he steal from it,

وَفِيهِ خَزَائِنُهُ وَذَخَائِرُهُ

when it contains his treasures and holdings,

وَشُكُوكُهُ وَخَيَالَاتُهُ وَوَسَاوِسُهُ

and his doubts, illusions, and whispers?!

وَقَلْبٌ قَدِ امْتَلَأَ مِنْ جَلَالِ اللهِ وَعَظَمَتِهِ وَمَحَبَّتِهِ وَمُرَاقَبَتِهِ وَالْحَيَاءِ مِنْهُ

And a heart filled with the majesty and greatness of Allah, love for Him, awareness of Him, and shyness before Him,

فَأَيُّ شَيْطَانٍ يَجْتَرِئُ عَلَى هَذَا الْقَلْبِ

So what Satan could dare to approach this heart?!

وَإِنْ أَرَادَ سَرِقَةَ شَيْءٍ مِنْهُ فَمَاذَا يَسْرِقُ

And if he wanted to steal something from it, what could he steal?!

وَغَايَتُهُ أَنْ يَظْفَرَ فِي الْأَحَايِينِ مِنْهُ بِخَطْفَةٍ وَنَهْبَةٍ تَحْصُلُ لَهُ عَلَى غِرَّةٍ مِنَ الْعَبْدِ وَغَفْلَةٍ لَا بُدَّ لَهُ مِنْهَا

At most, he might occasionally manage a snatch or grab from him when the servant is caught off guard in an unavoidable moment of heedlessness;

إِذْ هُوَ بَشَرٌ

Since he is human,

وَأَحْكَامُ الْبَشَرِيَّةِ جَارِيَةٌ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْغَفْلَةِ وَالسَّهْوِ وَالذُّهُولِ وَغَلَبَةِ الطَّبْعِ

and the laws of humanity apply to him, including forgetfulness, error, distraction, and the dominance of nature.