'Qul auzu bi rabbin nas malikin naas ilaahin naas min sharril waswasil khannas
Al lazee yuwas wisu fee sudoorin naas minal jinnati wan naas'
Jinns and human beings.
Let's say your Nafs (lower self) is purified and Khannas (Evil Whisperer) has been eliminated
but then what about your family members and the friends you associate with?
The Cure to Evil Whispers
The cure to evil whispers is to consider your Nafs a stray dog
You must have seen all those stray dogs roaming the streets in Pakistan.
Well, I have seen plenty.
Really.
Many times, in Karachi, Punjab, Gujranwala - they come out at night.
You would see anywhere from around 15-20 dogs on the street.
15-20 dogs, congregating!
Just sitting there on the street.
Now, have you ever tried to convince a dog to stop barking and just sit quietly?
No, right?
You just go the other way and let the dogs bark.
So, consider your Nafs a barking dog.
Let it bark and pay no mind to the evil whispers.
Say, 'Go ahead and bark'.
Otherwise, you will constantly be agitated by the slightest evil whisper and worry yourself sick about the state of your faith.
You are giving your Nafs the chance to dominate you.
You will dance to its tunes.
'What is happening? I wasn't even thinking about it! Why are these thoughts coming to me?'
Calm down. Take it easy.
There is a dog inside you and its job is to bark, so let it bark and carry on.
This is the best solution.
Now, let's discuss technicalities. When do evil whispers actually stop?
Well, the thing is these are just stories.
That's the truth.
It is understood that evil whispers come from the Khannas (Evil Whisperer) and once the Khannas is eliminated, so are the evil whispers.
Yes, that much is true but when the Khannas is eliminated then the source of evil whispers changes.
Don't think it's just you, even the saints of God suffer from evil whispers.
Yes!
Even the saints. But they are not troubled with trivial thoughts like, 'Oh, he drank water from his left hand, he must be satan'. No, nothing of the sort.
Those evil whispers are different
and the saints are well-aware when they are attacked by an evil whisper.
Therefore, my personal advice to you which I will explain to you in our normal, day-to-day language so it is easier to understand
is that just consider your Nafs a barking dog and don't pay any attention to anything it says whatsoever.
This is the best route to success.
So let the Nafs bark as much as it wants and just focus on what you need to do.
Because even if you purify the Nafs and the Khannas is eliminated, God has still mentioned two factors.
'Qul auzu bi rabbin nas malikin naas ilaahin naas min sharril waswasil khannas
Al lazee yuwas wisu fee sudoorin naas minal jinnati wan naas'
Jinns and human beings.
Jinns and human beings. Your Nafs comes under the category of 'Jinns'
as well as all the other Jinns that are not visible to you.
And then, human beings.
Let's say your Nafs (lower self) is purified and Khannas (Evil Whisperer) has been eliminated
but then what about your family members and the friends you associate with?
What about everything you hear from them when you sit in their company?
What about when their negativity enters your heart?
Sometimes, it's the mother who tells you to leave this path.
Sometimes, it's the father.
Sometimes, it's the sister. Sometimes, it's the wife or husband who tells the other to leave this path.
But at that moment, you will not realise
that these are the 'human beings' referenced by the Qur'an who are instilling evil whispers in your heart
The Qur'an states: there are some Jinns and human beings that instil evil whispers.
When your mother speaks negatively, do you ever ponder she is instilling evil whispers into your heart, just like the Qur'an said some people do?
Or, when your wife speaks against [this path], do you recognise her as one of the human beings mentioned in the Qur'an who instil evil whispers?
Or if it is the husband.
No, right?
Therefore, even if you purify the Nafs, don't forget about all the people around you.
You have such strong relationships and bonds with these people; your wife, your mother and father, etc.
The first thing they will say is, 'Will you defy your own mother?
And you can't say anything.
Because if you were to say, 'Mother, I do listen to you. But mother, you are instrumental to satan right now,'
you will only earn yourself a slap.
This is why it is important for you to know that although you have eliminated one enemy,
you purified the Nafs and it is no longer instilling evil whispers
but what about your relatives? You can't get rid of them so easily.
What about your mother, wife, children, father... how many relatives will you get rid of?
The cure to this is whether it is the internal barking dog or external,
let it bark.
Just carry on with what you're doing.
Whether it is the one barking through your mother or within yourself, a dog is a dog.