The ThirteenthFlash

This, the Thirteenth Flash, explains the meaning of

“I seek refuge with God from Satan the Accursed”

[This  is  about  seeking  refuge  with  God  from  Satan.  Thirteen indications will be written. Some of them have been explained and proved in various places in the Twenty-Sixth Word and other parts of the Risale-i Nur so here will be discussed only briefly.]

In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. And say: O My Sustainer, I seek refuge with You from the whisperings of the Evil Ones, * And I seek refuge with you, my Sustainer, lest they should come near me.(23:97-8)

FIRST INDICATION

Q u e s t i o n : Although evil spirits do not interfere in the universe in any way in regard to creation; and through His mercy and favour Almighty God takes the part of the  people  of  truth;  and  the  attractive  beauties  and  virtues  of  truth  and  reality strengthen  and   encourage   the  people  of  truth,  and  the  repulsive  ugliness  of misguidance revolts the people of misguidance; what is the reason for Satan’s party very often gaining the upper  hand; what is the wisdom in it? And why should the people of truth always seek refuge with God from Satan’s evil?

T h  e   A  n  s  w e  r : The wisdom  and  purpose  is this:  for  the  most part, misguidance and evil are negative, destructive, and pertain to non-existence. While in the great  majority of cases, guidance and good are positive, constructive, repairing, and pertain to  existence. Everyone knows that one man can destroy in one day a building constructed by twenty men in twenty days. Yes, a person continues to live due  to  the  existence  of  all  the  basic  members  and  conditions  of  life,  life  being particular to the All-Glorious Creator’s  power; yet, by severing a member a tyrant may make the person manifest death, which is non-being in relation to life. Therefore, the saying “Destruction is easy” has become proverbial.