up in the same place for years: not praying, and not changing their lives. Shaytan challenged them, and
won.
In so doing, we have allowed him to steal from us what is priceless. Our homes and our cars are so
precious to us, that we would never think to leave them unprotected. So we pay hundreds of dollars
on security systems to keep them safe. And yet our deen is left unprotected, to be stolen by the worst
of thieves—a thief who has vowed God Himself to be our relentless enemy until the end of time. A
thief who is not simply stealing some carved metal with a Mercedes symbol on it. A thief who is
stealing our eternal soul and everlasting ticket to Paradise.