Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim

Eid al-Fitr 1429 (September 30, 2008)

Someone asked a question: How was shaytan able to fool Adam and Hawa?
Seyh Efendi answered saying that intelligent people push themselves and use more of their brainpower than most. But even if you use 100% of your brain capacity, that intelligence is only for this world. Intelligence, or fighting the ego, may bring you to the gates of Paradise. But only faith according to the laws of ALLAH swt lets you enter Paradise. shaytan with all his knowledge could not enter Paradise. He fooled the snake, who loved Hawa, to trick her to sin. shaytan came through friendship, not something disliked.

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