[3:175] That is only Satan making fear his friends, therefore do not fear them; but fear Me, if you are believers.
The allusion in giving power to the urgings of Satan over the hearts of friends is the sincerity of their fleeing to God. This is like a child who has been made afraid by other children, and when he is afraid, he takes himself to none other than his mother. When he comes to her, she takes him to herself, hugs him and presses her cheek to his. Likewise, when the servant is sincere in beseeching God, and returns to Him from his oppositional tendencies, He takes Him under the wing of His closeness and overtakes him with His beautiful kindness.