یَـٰوَیۡلَتَىٰ لَیۡتَنِی لَمۡ أَتَّخِذۡ فُلَانًا خَلِیلࣰا

Alas for me! Would that I had not taken So-and-so as a friend!

[Sūrah al-Furqān : 28]

﴾ Alas for me! Would that I had not taken So-and-so; ﴿ - this refers to devils, be they human or jinn

﴾ as a friend! ﴿ that is, as a dear and close friend; I took as enemies the most sincere and kindest of people to me and I took as friends the most hostile, from whose friendship I gained nothing but misery, loss, disgrace and doom.

Tafseer As-Sa’di, Volume 7, [Juz’ 19-21]

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Bishr bin Hārith رحمه الله said:

"You will not attain the sweetness of worship until you place a barrier between yourself and your lusts."

[Siyar A'lam an-Nubala, 10/473 | Imăm adh-Dhahabi رحمه الله]

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Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ said,

“Satan said: By Your might, O Lord, I will continue to mislead the children of Adam, as long as their souls are in their bodies.

The Lord said: By My might and majesty, I will continue to forgive them, as long as they seek My forgiveness.”

[Musnad Ahmad 11237]

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Al-Isra' 17:79
وَمِنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ فَتَهَجَّدۡ بِهِۦ نَافِلَةً لَّكَ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَبۡعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَامًا مَّحۡمُودًا

English - Mohsin Khan/Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And in some parts of the night (also) offer the Salat (prayer) with it (i.e. recite the Quran in the prayer), as an additional prayer (Tahajjud optional prayer Nawafil) for you (O Muhammad SAW). It may be that your Lord will raise you to Maqaman Mahmuda (a station of praise and glory, i.e. the highest degree in Paradise!).

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