A Little Attack that Matter

Qonita started her story. She shared about her difficult situation in college to her friends. One day, she failed to submit a group task because she couldn’t finish it until the due date. She realized that was her mistake, and thought her group would blame her. And ya, her thought was right. Her group, that dominated with boys, blamed her so harsh. She apologized, but it didn’t help. They keep blamed her until she cried in class. And that was a really bad day for her.

The following day, when she prepared to go to college as usual, she started to think, if she came to college then met her friends who blamed her in the class, she would get mocked. She became worry. Her mind was full of ‘what if’ questions. Finally, she decided to skip the class.

“That’s probably the attack from the front,” She concluded. Qonita was in a evening discussion with her dorm mates in orphanage. The discussion was about the satan’s attack. Before Qonita shared her story, there was Zahra who shared the origin story of why satan attack human.

The concept of satan’s attack comes from the human creation ‘episode’. Based on Quran, there was a ‘meeting’ where Allah SWT announced the angels that He would create a human being as khalifa on earth. Zahra fluently mentioned Al Baqarah 30 that contained that information. The angels, who actually questioned that statement in advance, keep obeying Allah when they asked to make sajada after Allah created human (2:34).

But wait. Actually at that human creation announcement, there was jin who also invited to that meeting. When Allah SWT announced that awesome ‘project’ which the angels asked Allah SWT why it should be human, the invited jin didn’t make any comment. But what he did? He kept the thought in mind. Then, when the ‘human project’ is really launched, and Allah SWT asked angels to make sajada, the jin refused to do it. Why?

“I am better than human. You created me from fire, and created human from clay,” Satan said (7:12).

Then Allah SWT descend the jin from jannah to the hellfire because of his arrogant. Wait. Why? How can it be my mistake? You made me from fire then now i get easily ‘on fire’ because You created human, then i should get punished? that probably the way satan blamed Allah SWT when he got punished. Then jin asked Allah for reprieve until the day of judgement. “Because you have put me in error, i will surely in wait for them on Your straight path,” satan said(7:16).

From that story, people can inferred that jealousy, comparing, anger, blaming, is the nature of satan. Furthermore, in Al Araf 17, jin said that he will attack human from the front, behind, right side, and left side.

Attack from the front could be a worry feeling when human want do something good. Qonita’s story is just one of the real example. Some people maybe worry about anything else in future, such as what if i didn’t pass the exam? What if i didn’t get a job? What if i lose people that i love? It’s all about the what if question that ever come in human mind. Then what’s next after human get worry of their future? Some people maybe depressed, feel weak, and life un peacefully.

(to be continued, inshaAllah)

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inspired by Nouman Ali khan