A004
Surah: 114 - Ayah: 004
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114:4
Let us analyze or investigate the background of this disease in the light of the wise Qur’an and the Hadith. For it cannot be a physical disease, but is in fact a mental and imaginary disease, to prove which, several clear proofs can be furnished here. One of them is that when a poor person all of a sudden receives a huge sum by winning bonds, or a lottery or by any other means, a kind of a flood of disturbing thoughts of happiness and delight inevitably gushes forth in his heart, due to which he cannot sleep at night. Similarly, disturbing thoughts also occur to a person due to a major or minor grief. And you know that disturbing thoughts can be insinuated only by the devil from among jinn and mankind (114:4-6). Since the devil is the religious enemy of man, therefore, on such occasions he repeatedly attacks the children of ¿dam, makes them forget Divine remembrance and makes them fall ill. Thus the sneaking devil (khannas) constantly insinuates disturbing thoughts in their hearts and minds and never tires of this act.
The main cause of Waswasah: There is no doubt that it is the sneaking devil (khannas) who is from among the jinn and mankind (114:4-6) who instils waswasah in the hearts of the people. But this matter does not end here, for it has a background and also a main cause, which is the nafs-i ammarah or the carnal soul. It is the carnal soul which, in reality, creates the waswasah and always commands one to do evil (50:16; 12:53). There is such a hidden power in this carnal soul, which acts as the personal devil of each individual. This is alluded to in verse (43:36) which has been explained in a noble Hadith (Mishkat, I, 42). The gist of the explanation is that, every individual has a personal devil, whose reformation is possible and also very necessary.
This verse has been referred 2 times.