O you who have believed! Do not follow the footsteps of Satan! Whoever follows the footsteps of Satan, he commands indecency and evil!
(An-Nur: 21)
The word “steps” is the plural of خطوات meaning “step” and means the distance between the two feet of a person while walking.
Following the footsteps of Satan means walking on the path that Satan shows.
In the Holy Quran, Satan is introduced as the enemy of God and the enemy of man. It is very strange to trust the sworn enemy!!! And to move in the path that he shows!!!
The connection of this noble verse with the previous verses shows that one of Satan's important plans to drag human societies into the mud is the spread of immoral acts and to eliminate their ugliness. Let us be careful!!!
Every path except the right path is the path of Satan and ends in the displeasure of the Merciful God. Let us be careful!!!
Tafsir Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) Vol. 1, p. 788
