of Allah. He assumed, “This is not me; it must be someone else.” Consequently, he petitioned the court of Allah: “O Allah! Grant me permission to invoke curses upon this disobedient one.” Allah Almighty granted him permission.

Thus, for a thousand years, he invoked curses upon that disobedient one, entirely unaware that he was, in fact, the very disobedient one.^[1]

اللہ اکبر! Dear Islamic brothers! This is the consequence of being fearless from the hidden plan of Allah. Imām al-Ghazālī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه further writes:

Sayyidunā Isrāfīl عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام read a similar inscription upon the Preserved Tablet (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ). Upon reading it, he was overwhelmed with fear. ˹He thought that the disobedient one mentioned in this inscription is none other than himself˺. He began to weep so intensely that the angels felt pity for him. The angels gathered around him and asked, “Why are you weeping so intensely?” Sayyidunā Isrāfīl عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام replied, “I have read an inscription on the Preserved Tablet mentioning a disobedient one, ˹and I fear that it might be referring to me.” When the angels heard this, they also thought, “Lest this inscription be about us,” and they too began to weep out of the fear of the hidden plan of Allah.^[2]

O devotees of the Prophet! These are angels—they are infallible; they do not commit sins, and they never disobey Allah Almighty. Despite this, observe how deeply they fear the hidden plan of Allah! Furthermore, notice the distinction between the approach of Satan and that of the angels. Satan read the same warning but remained complacent, assuming that the disobedient one was not him and someone else. The angels, however, did not harbour such thoughts; instead, each feared for themselves and began to weep.

May Allah protect us from adopting the mindset of the accursed Satan. There are very few who—upon hearing of the punishments of Hell, the horrors of the grave and the Hereafter, or the narrations regarding the hidden plan of Allah—reflect upon their own state. Generally, people assume: “Nothing will happen