Satan the Accursed "Al-Shaytan Al-Rajeem" in the Scriptural and Pagan Religions: A Creedal Reading 10.35781/1637-000-156-004

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Abstract This research examines the concept of Satan the Accursed (al-shaytan al-rajeem) in the scriptural religions and pagan religions through an analytical creedal reading. It aims to uncover the nature of this concept, its origins, and its creedal and intellectual roots. The research also seeks to highlight the points of agreement and difference among various religious conceptions of Satan in terms of origin, purpose, and ultimate destiny. The research employs both the inductive and descriptive approaches to present religious conceptions, and an analytical approach to interpret selected texts, and a comparative approach to clarify doctrinal differences. The research concludes that pagan perceptions are characterized by ambiguity and multiplicity in their understanding of the forces of evil, whereas the scriptural religions present the concept of Satan more specifically, though with fundamental differences regarding his nature and function. The study further demonstrates the distinctiveness of the Islamic perspective in regulating the concept of Satan the Accursed, defining the limits of his influence, and linking this to human responsibility for one’s actions, thereby contributing to the construction of a balanced creedal understanding of the problem of evil in human life. Keywords: Satan the Accursed, Scriptural Religions, People of the Book (Ahlo al-Kitab), Pagan Religions