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Pray to Me, I will accept. |
اُدۡعُوۡنِیۡۤ اَسۡتَجِبۡ لَکُمۡ ؕ |
[Kanz-ul-Iman (Translation of Quran)] (Part 24, Al-Mu’min, verse 60)
Still, the effects of the prayer being answered are not observed many times. In fact, there are certain conditions for driving Satan away by means of Divine remembrance and for the answering of the prayers. We can take the example of medicines. If harmful things are not avoided, medicines fail to produce the required effect. If a patient suffering from diabetes continues to eat sweets, what effect will medicine produce? In the same way, in order to get rid of satanic whispers and to drive him away, avoidance from sins is essential. If piety is not adopted, then the medicine in the form of Zikr may not cure the disease of satanic whispers.
Hujjat-ul-Islam, Sayyiduna Imam Muhammad Ghazali عَـلَـیۡـهِ رَحْـمَـةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـوَالِی has stated: Satan is like a hungry dog that comes to you. If you have no bread and no meat, he will go away easily after you tell him off. If you have meat and he is hungry, so he falls on the meat and is not driven away easily. In a similar way, if there is nothing for Satan in the heart, he moves away from that heart when Divine remembrance is made. On the other hand, if the heart is under the domination of desires, so the inner condition of the heart will be captured by Satan who will prevent such a person from making Divine remembrance with all his heart. As far as the heart of the pious is concerned,
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