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*Khitma Halaqa Notes Day 14*
❤️Was Iblis Misled?❤️

Today we will choose one sister  and she will choose one ayah of Juz 14 for all of us to contemplate together. 
A sister chose this ayah from Surat Al Hijr:

(قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ) 15:39 Surat Al Hijr
(Satan responded, “My Lord! For allowing me to stray I will surely tempt them on earth and mislead them all together”)

*1. The tafseer of the Ayah*:
Before contemplating any verse, we always look at the *tafseer* of the verse.
Iblis said to the Lord:
بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى
(Because You misled me,) i.e., because You misled me and misguided me.

لأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ
(I shall indeed adorn the path of error for them) meaning, for the progeny of Adam (AS).

فِى الاٌّرْضِ
(on the earth,) meaning - I will make sin dear to them, and will encourage, provoke and harass them to commit sin.

وَلأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
(and I shall mislead them all.) meaning - just as You have misled me and have ordained that for me.
 
*2. The General meaning of the verse*:
This verse is about Iblis’ threat to mislead Mankind, and Allah's Promise of Hell for him. Why does Allah allow him to do that? This is one of the tests for mankind. 
 
*3. Check your Understanding:*
Did you understand the verse after reading the tafseer? We still don’t understand بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى why Iblis said that Allah misguided him?
 
If we look at the Qur’an , every verse that mentions Guidance or Misguidance, there is an action mentioned that caused this. 

In the previous verses, we see that Allah(S) commanded Iblis to prostrate to Adam but he refused. Iblis was arrogant and chose to disobey Allah’s command. He said: how can I make sujood to someone who was made from clay and I am made from fire! That shows how Iblis was very disrespectful to Allah (S) who created him.
 
So what we see here in these verses, is that Iblis chose to disobey and that caused him to go astray, but he was blaming Allah and saying that Allah misguided him, which is not the truth. And we see this often that when someone gets in difficult situations, they always blame others for their problems. 
 
*4. Contemplate:* Let's start contemplating this verse by using the contemplation notebook (the link is in the group description box).

1. Use one of the Tadabbur Keys🔑 to unlock the meaning of this verse. Which key did you use? 

 2. What is the message that is sent to your heart after reflecting on this verse?

3. What was something new that you learned after studying this verse? 

4. What are the rewards of following the commandment in this verse?

5. What will you lose if you don't follow this commandment?

6. What bad manners or habits should you work on removing  after understanding this verse? 

7. What good habits or manners should you work on after understanding this verse?

8. With whom will you share what you have learned from this verse? 

9. What type of heart did you find in this verse? (Pure heart, Diseased Heart, or Hard Heart?)

10. Write your Duas that were inspired by this verse and make a dua to Allah to help you work on your action points.