They have made Satan the master of their affairs.
Nahjul Balagha Part 1 The Sermons Sharif Razi
About the hypocrites
They1 have made Satan the master of their affairs, and he has taken them as partners. He has laid eggs and hatched them in their bosoms. He creeps and crawls in their laps. He sees through their eyes, and speaks with their tongues. In this way he has led them to sinfulness and adorned for them foul things like the action of one whom Satan has made partner in his domain and speaks untruth through his tongue.
Alternative Sources for Sermon 7
(1) Al-Zamakhshari, Rabi’, I, 109;
(2) Ibn al-‘Athir, al-Nihayah, II, 50. (kh-t-l )
