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What is the interpretation of the verse, "The believers are only those who have believed in Allah and His Messenger and then doubted not but strived with their properties and their lives in the cause of Allah. It is those who are the truthful [Al-Hujurat:15]," and what is its relation to one who is afflicted with obsessive whispers (waswasa) while he safeguards his obligatory duties, blames himself, and fears Allah's punishment?

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Wasaweis (whispers of the devil) are from Satan and do not affect faith. As for rayb (doubt), it is a form of skepticism that removes certainty and harms faith. There is a significant difference between the two.

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