The bait of Satan that takes them out of the Fiṭrah

Just as a fisherman uses bait that the fish sees and thinks is food, and tries to eat it leading to its own demise, and exiting the water without which it cannot survive, likewise, Satan has a trick with which he deceives the weak to take them out of the Fiṭrah (i.e. worshiping Allāh alone): The search for excessive prosperity or what they call the “welfare state” or the earthly paradise.

Whoever is fooled by this mirage runs towards it, leading to the death of his heart and his arrogance towards the signs of Allāh. The Prophet, may Allāh's peace and blessings be upon him, summarized the reason for the “torrent scum”-like state of the nation during the end times by saying: “Love of the world and dislike of death,” and this is the door through which Satan enters.

Reflect with me on the words of Allāh the Almighty:

﴿وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِلِقَآءِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَأَتْرَفْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا مَا هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يَأْكُلُ مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ مِنْهُ وَيَشْرَبُ مِمَّا تَشْرَبُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾ ﴾

And the eminent among his people who disbelieved and denied the meeting of the Hereafter while We had given them luxury in the worldly life said, ‘This is not but a man like yourselves. He eats of that from which you eat and drinks of what you drink.’

Reflect on His words: “while We had given them luxury in the worldly life.” This is the reason for their arrogance and their sophistry in the face of the clear proofs of the prophets.

These disbelievers were living in what we call today “civilization” or “welfare state”, they were happy with this, but the truth of the matter is that this present bliss was the reason for their loss of eternal bliss, and even of the greatest bliss in this world.

Today you find a person who affiliates himself to the religion of Islam, and his greatest temptation is that the disbelievers live in “advancement” as he says, while he sees them in great distress under the burden of capitalism, yet you find him concerned only with imitating them, and along the way he concedes a great deal of his belief! Has he really pondered what Allāh has told us from the stories of the disbelievers?