Nevertheless, He reinforced them in resisting this manifest enemy through many means:
• He sent down to them His scriptures, filled with beneficial knowledge, stirring admonitions, encouragement to do good, and warnings against committing evil.
• He dispatched messengers to them—bearers of glad tidings for whoever believes in Allah and obeys Him of the immediate and the deferred reward(1), and warners to whoever disbelieves, denies, and turns away of the various punishments.
• He guaranteed that whoever follows His guidance—embodied in the books He revealed and the messengers He sent—will neither go astray in this world nor be wretched in the Hereafter, and that no fear shall befall him, nor shall he grieve.
• Through His books and on the tongues of His messengers He directed them to the measures by which they could shield themselves from this manifest foe.
• He laid bare for them what this devil calls to and the snares by which he entraps creation.
• Having clarified these matters, He also guided them to the paths by which they may escape his evil and his temptations, and He aided them with a providential assistance beyond their own power; for when they exerted their utmost and sought the aid of the One worthy of worship, He smoothed every road that leads to the desired goal.
Then Allah, exalted is He, perfected His favor upon Adam by creating from him his spouse Eve—of his own kind and in his likeness—so that he might find repose in her, that the manifold purposes of marriage and harmony be realized, and that progeny might spread forth.
He said to him and to his wife: “Satan is an enemy to you both, so beware of him with the utmost caution; let him not drive you out of the Garden in which Allah has placed you and permitted you to eat from all of its fruits and to enjoy all of its…"