[الوصية بالتقوى] أُوصِيكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ الَّذِي أَعْذَرَ بِمَا أَنْذَرَ وَاحْتَجَّ بِمَا نَهَجَ وَحَذَّرَكُمْ عَدُوّاً نَفَذَ فِي الصُّدُورِ خَفِيّاً وَنَفَثَ فِي الْآذَانِ نَجِيّاً فَأَضَلَّ وَأَرْدَى وَوَعَدَ فَمَنَّى وَزَيَّنَ سَيِّئَاتِ الْجَرَائِمِ وَهَوَّنَ مُوبِقَاتِ الْعَظَائِمِ حَتَّى إِذَا اسْتَدْرَجَ قَرِينَتَهُ وَاسْتَغْلَقَ رَهِينَتَهُ أَنْكَرَ مَا زَيَّنَ وَاسْتَعْظَمَ مَا هَوَّنَ وَحَذَّرَ مَا أَمَّنَ.
[Warning against Satan] I enjoin upon you fear of Allāh Who has left no excuse against what He has warned, has exhausted argument (of guidance) about the (right) path He has shown. He has warned you of the enemy that steals into hearts and stealthily speaks into ears, and thereby misguides and brings about destruction, makes (false) promises and keeps under wrong impression; He represents evil sins in attractive shape, and shows as light even serious crimes. When he has deceived his comrades and exhausted the pledge he begins to find fault with what he presented as good, and considers serious what he had shown as light, and threatens from what he had shown as safe.