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The angelic and the satanic inspiration (lamma)

لمّة الملك ولمّة الشيطان

Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy says that the angel and the devil each have an inspiration, a lamma, that comes to the heart. He describes the angel's inspiration as a promise of good that affirms the truth.

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Spirituality and Sufism

Summary

Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy says that the angel and the devil each have an inspiration, a lamma, that comes to the heart. 1 He describes the angel's inspiration as a promise of good that affirms the truth. 1

The lamma of the angel and of the devil

The Sheikh says that the angel has an inspiration and the devil has an inspiration, and that each gets a turn. 1

The angel's inspiration

The Sheikh says that the angel's inspiration promises good and affirms the truth. 1

The devil's inspiration

The Sheikh mentions the devil's inspiration in contrast, but the passage that describes it is garbled in the transcript, so its content is not stated here (needs_source). 1

A sign of right guidance: word and deed

The Sheikh says that whoever's word agrees with his deed has hit the mark (needs_source: the statement is partly garbled in the transcript, and the reverse case is not clear). 2

People and things also explored

Prophetic adab (proper conduct)· Akhi Baba (title of the guild shaykh and tanners' head)· Asking people for help (al-masala)· The soul (nafs) and the spirit (ruh)· Tabattul (withdrawal from the world)· Intimacy with God (uns billah)· Certainty and its degrees (yaqin)· Righteousness (birr)

Sources

  1. Assabile archive of Omar Abdelkafy's lectures (audio and video) , Sharh Ketab Al Fawaed, episode 4, at 00:12:00 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
  2. Assabile archive of Omar Abdelkafy's lectures (audio and video) , Sharh Ketab Al Fawaed, episode 4, at 00:13:00 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
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islam.museum contributors. “The angelic and the satanic inspiration (lamma)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/al-lamma/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.

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Prophetic adab (proper conduct)

The body of proper conduct the believer is commanded in his words, deeds and relations with God and His servants; from the formula 'whoever believes in God and the Last Day' in Abu Hurayra's hadith Ibn Rajab derives that these traits are of the traits of iman and that deeds enter into iman, dividing the hadith's three commands into what belongs to God's rights — speaking good or keeping silent — and what belongs to His servants' rights — honouring the neighbour, withholding harm from him and honouring the guest; he transmits Aswad ibn Asram's report of the Prophet's counsel 'do not say with your tongue except what is good and do not extend your hand except to good', and that the tongue's uprightness is of the traits of iman; Abu Amr ibn al-Salah reports from Abu Muhammad ibn Abi Zayd, the Maliki imam of his time, that the conduct of goodness and all its reins branch from four hadiths: speaking good or keeping silent, leaving what does not concern one, 'do not become angry', and loving for one's brother what one loves for oneself.