“Religion is not an opium, it is a scream. It is not a lullaby sung to the oppressed so they sleep peacefully in their chains. It is the shout of the enslaved man who has suddenly discovered his chains and is reaching for his dignity”
Ali Shariati, Religion vs. Religion
One of the greatest tricks played by iblis on the modern man is to convince him that his internal lower soul (nafs ammarah) fused with satanic whispers constitute the most integral/core part of his identity that has to be realised as the self-expression of his individuality.
يقول ابن خلدون في مقدمته :
حين كان المسلمون يحسبون موعد ومكان الكسوف بكل دقة ,كان الأوربيون أثناء الكسوف يصرخون في الشوارع ويختبئون في منازلهم اعتقادا منهم أن غولاً قد ابتلع الشمس.
الحمدُ لله لأنّ مجريات أمورنا بيده، تُجريها حكمته، وتحوّطها رحمته، الحمدُ له؛ لأنه ربُّنا، ولم يكلنا إلى ضعفنا ولا ضعف خلقِه، نحمدُه لأننا بينَ يديه، ولسنا في رجاءِ غيره.
The biggest scheme pulled off by the nether spirits is that they made the common man unconsciously believe in physicalism, materialism, and naturalism (although the term is very loose).