from before them, from behind them, from their right, and from their left” [al-Aʿrāf 7:17]. He is at the heart of his army within the human being's inward.
(The Divine Names and the Preservation of the Human Kingdom)
God preserved this human dominion by being at the heart of this human army and host, opposite the heart of Satan's army. He placed the Name the Lord upon its right wing, the Name the King upon its left wing, the Name the All-Merciful upon its vanguard, and the Name the Merciful upon its rear guard.
He made the Name the Guide go forth with a message from the Name the All-Merciful, who is in the vanguard, to this satan. He is not a satan of the jinn: I mean a satan of humankind. God says, “The satans of humankind and jinn” [al-Anʿām 6:112], and, “From the evil of the retreating whisperer who whispers in the breasts of people, from among jinn and humankind” [al-Nās 114:4–6].
(The Satans' Authority and Their Plots)
The satans of humankind have authority over the human being's outward and inward. The satans of the jinn are the deputies of the human satans within people's inward selves. It is the satans of the jinn who introduce opinions to the human satans and govern their state, detailing for them the rulings they manifest within it.
Battle continually rages over this believing human being in particular. God fights on his behalf to preserve his faith for him, while Iblīs fights over him to return him to himself, strip him of faith, and take him out of the path of his felicity, out of envy.
When Iblīs takes him out of it, he disavows him and kneels before his Lord, the Name the Lord, who commands the right wing, making Him an ambassador between himself and the Name the All-Merciful. God has made known to us
