Some people realize that Satan's whisperings are just empty conjectures, but for some reason they do not have enough willpower to free themselves. Thus, in reality they allow Satan to invite them to disbelief and to keep on playing his games with them. By remaining indifferent to this satanic whispering out of the mistaken belief that "it can't harm me," people fall into his trap. Those who see through this trickery should struggle to break free of it, because another of Satan's trick is to make us believe that we cannot do so. And most important of all, Satan hides the fact that he is the one who is doing the whispering and thereby fools people into believing that these thoughts and conjectures are produced in their own minds.
By instilling endless insinuations in a person's mind, Satan makes them believe that they are trapped forever. Considering freedom from these artificial problems to be something impossible for them, they fall into hopelessness and despair. If only they looked at events through the eye of the Qur'an, they would see that only Allah can create and that He has the power to create anything He wills. This realization would enable them to turn to Allah in every situation and ask for His help. They would know and hope that Allah would save His sincere servants from all distress and give them inner peace and happiness. People who live in ignorance of our Lord think that they have to find the solution to everything and, when their strength is exhausted, they are left desolate.
Our life in this world passes quickly, and so every instant is very precious and should not be wasted on empty fears and useless conjectures. People should always be positive and struggle in accordance with the purpose of their existence. Those who do so will, by Allah's will, find happiness in both this world and the hereafter. If they have truly perceived the peace of faith in Allah and submission to their destiny, they cannot fall into Satan's trap. In other words, the way of freeing oneself from Satan's whisperings lies in seeking refuge in Allah and living and acting as our Lord wills as it is said in the Qur'an:
As for those who fear Allah, when they are bothered by visitors from Satan, they remember and immediately see clearly.
Believers are not troubled by Satan's whisperings, for their faith and constant remembrance of Allah prevent them from getting carried away with Satan and his suggestions. But unbelievers, who do not have a leg on which to stand, have no strength to struggle against Satan's games and insinuations. Those people who obey his commands can never be free. The fact that Satan can influence only unbelievers is made clear in the following verses: (Satan) said: "My Lord, because You misled me, I will make things on earth seem good to them, and I will mislead them all, every one of them, except Your servants among them who are sincere. (Allah) said:
"This is a Straight Path to Me. You have no authority over any of My servants except for the misled, who follow you."
