And when he completed the seeking refuge from all its aspects, which revolve around goodness, greatness, might, submission, and humility, he mentioned the one he seeks refuge from and said: ﴿From the evil of the whisperer﴾. It is a name meaning whispering, like earthquake meaning shaking. The one who whispers is called so as a form of exaggeration because it is his characteristic which he reaches the utmost ferocity in, just as the just one is exaggeratedly named by justice. Whispering is the hidden speech: the conveying of meanings to the heart in secrecy and repetition, just as the word indicating it 'waswas' is repeated. Its origin is the sound of jewelry, and the talk of the soul, and the whispering of dogs. Its wording is intensified in relation to its meaning because the whisperer repeats what he breathes into the heart [and confirms it in secrecy] so that it may be accepted. Its source is with a kasra like 'zalzal' as Allah, the Exalted, said: ﴿And they were shaken with a severe shaking﴾ [Al-Ahzab: 11]. And every intensified form of shaking and trembling means something repeated. The whisperer from the jinn flows through the son of Adam like blood - as in the authentic narration. He whispers with sin secretly to make it clearer, and he continues to beautify it and stir the desire that calls to it until a person commits it. And when he commits it, he whispers to others that so-and-so [did] such-and-such until he exposes him by that. And when he is exposed, he becomes bolder in such matters because he says: what I was cautious of has occurred regarding the talk, so nothing will be other than what it was. And his evil is the inclination towards what a person’s nature leans towards until he resembles him in the vile nature and the darkness of the soul. From that arises necessary and transgressive evils, the harm of which is pride and self-admiration that destroyed the devil. Thus, a person falls into what he has led himself into, and from pride arises malice and envy, which results in the disdain of the truth - which is the rejection of it, and from it is disbelief, immorality, and disobedience, and the disdain of people - which is the known contempt from the words of the devil.

﴿I am better than him﴾ [Sad: 76] and from him arises the contempt for the allies of Allah, the Exalted, by neglecting their respect, denying their rights, transgressing against them, and wronging them. And from the malice, which is the great enmity, arises the withholding of good and kindness, and the extension of the tongue and hand with all evil and harm. And from envy arises the corruption of relationships, as indicated by ﴿What has your Lord forbidden you from this tree?﴾ [Al-A'raf: 20] - the verse, and lying and deceit, as is known from ﴿And he swore to them, 'Indeed, I am to you among the sincere advisors'﴾ [Al-A'raf: 21] ﴿So he led them astray by deception﴾ [Al-A'raf: 22]. And from arrogance arises dissatisfaction with destiny and decree, as indicated by ﴿He said, 'Shall I prostrate to one whom You created from clay?﴾ [Al-Isra: 61] and confronting the command with knowledge of what he was informed of ﴿I would not prostrate to a human whom You created from molded clay﴾ [Al-Hijr: 33]. And the use of analogy in confronting the text with what it guides to ﴿I am better than him﴾ [Sad: 76] - the verse, and the use of beautification and vilification based on what he understands ﴿I would not prostrate to a human whom You created from molded clay from black mud, like pottery﴾ [Al-Hijr: 33]. And humiliation, which is the boldness towards violations, from which arise transgressions that are widespread, which include striving to corrupt beliefs, morals, actions, bodies, and provisions. Then he continues to endear himself to the person with what his nature inclines towards from these evils, and he agrees with him in them until he becomes established in bad morals, becoming of a bad nature, so that treatment does not benefit him, but rather increases him in wickedness like Iblis. And whoever has a good origin and acquires what contradicts it due to a transient reason, which is possible to remove, like treatment, as occurred with Adam, blessings and peace be upon him.

And when the Greatest King, glorified is He, did not send down a disease except that He sent down for it a remedy, and He had made the remedy for whispering His remembrance, glorified and exalted is He, for it drives away the devil, illuminates the heart, and purifies it. And He, glorified and exalted is He, described the action of the whisperer when using the remedy to inform that he is a fierce enemy to man, so that his caution from him increases and he distances himself from him. He said: ﴿the retreating﴾ meaning the one whose habit is to retreat, that is, to hide and withdraw (p-433) and to conceal after appearing again and again. Whenever the remembrance occurs, he retreats, and whenever it ceases, he returns to his whispering. [So the remembrance is] like the clubs that beat the corruptor, for he is greatly repelled by it. For this reason, the devil of the believer is weak, as it has been reported from some of the predecessors that the believer drives away his devil as a man drives away his camel in the desert. Al-Baghawi said: He has a trunk like the trunk of a dog in the chest of man, and it is said: His head is like the head of a snake, placing his head on the right side of the heart, whispering to it. So when he remembers Allah, he retreats, and when he does not remember Allah, he returns and places his head - may Allah disgrace him.