SIMILARITIES TO ISLAM · PROPHETHOOD
Satan as a Tempter
The Lord said to Satan, 'Where have you come from?' Satan answered the Lord, 'From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.'
[Al-Aʼrāf - 16] [Al-Aʼrāf - 17]
﴿ قَالَ فَبِمَآ أَغۡوَيۡتَنِي لَأَقۡعُدَنَّ لَهُمۡ صِرَٰطَكَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَ ﴾ [الأعراف - ١٦] ﴿ ثُمَّ لَأٓتِيَنَّهُم مِّنۢ بَيۡنِ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمِنۡ خَلۡفِهِمۡ وَعَنۡ أَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡ وَعَن شَمَآئِلِهِمۡۖ وَلَا تَجِدُ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ شَٰكِرِينَ ﴾ [الأعراف - ١٧]
[Al-Aʼrāf - 16] (Iblis) said: "Because You have sent me astray, surely I will sit in wait against them (human beings) on Your Straight Path. [Al-Aʼrāf - 17] Then I will come to them from before them and behind them, from their right and from their left, and You will not find most of them as thankful ones (i.e. they will not be dutiful to You)."
The portrayal of Satan as a tempter and adversary is common to both religions, reflecting shared beliefs about the struggle between good and evil and the significance of steadfastness in faith.
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Satan as a Tempter