It seems like in this day and age, once a month I hear a case about some Muslim falling off the deen, and being led off the straight path. It is increasingly disheartening with each case I come across. And it got me thinking, what is the deal?

I remember learning a few years back while listening to a lecture series by Sh. Yasir Qadhi (Kitaab at-Tawheed) that the Qur’an always refers to that which leads people astray with a plural word form–dhulumaat. And what he pointed out was this is basically telling people there is literally an ARMY waiting to lead us astray.

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