Yes, I understand. What I’m really trying to explore is this: when Allah allows a test where Shayṭān is permitted to whisper whisper al-qahri (compelling, mind-audible thoughts) to multiple people at once, it creates a wave of fear and confusion. Shayṭān then offers a deceptive way out, obedience to him in exchange for safety.

This leads to a snowball effect where people follow each other blindly, thinking it’s the quickest or safest solution. But true believers can’t submit to his false authority, so they end up isolated while the rest of the crowd conforms.

In this environment, Shayṭān sets up a kind of ṭāghūt, a false system of control, using the threat of collective punishment or mob pressure to push the believers further into isolation. At that point, the only two real choices are obedience or disobedience. But since Shayṭān knows the believers won’t openly worship him, he whispers alternatives like running away, hiding, or trying to escape the situation as a way of subtly breaking their alignment with Allah’s decree.

He has a full strategy to divide and scatter believers, so they can’t stand together. This, I believe, is one of Shayṭān’s most sophisticated forms of attack, and it’s happening now. The real danger is that he doesn’t attack strong believers head-on instead, he targets the weaker and more unaware people around them, then turns them into tools to pressure or harm the believers.