"Yi abin da ka ga dama shi ne duka dokar." Wannan ita ce ƙa'ida mafi muhimmanci ta Shaidancin, kamar yadda Aleister Crowley ya bayyana ta, a cikin littafinsa na asali kan imanin Shaidan, The Book of the Law.

“Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.” This is the central value of Satanism, as expressed by Aleister Crowley, in his foundational book on Satanic belief, The Book of the Law.

Tambaya: Ta yaya ake iya sarrafa mutum yadda ya kamata?

Question: How do you effectively control a person?

Hanyoyi na iya bambanta, amma tarihi ya nuna cewa ɗaya daga cikin kayan aiki mafi tasiri ga wannan manufa shi ne a gaya wa mutane cewa su ne masu iko, cewa su ne ubangijin makomarsu. Cewa su ne allolin kansu.

Methods can vary, but history has shown that one of the most effective tools for this purpose is to tell people that they are in charge, that they are the masters of their own destiny. That they are their own gods.

Mutane halittu ne masu iya hasashe. Suna yin zaɓuɓɓuka masu iya hasashe: sau da yawa suna biyayya ga sha'awoyinsu, suna yin duk abin da za su iya don kiyayewa da ƙarfafa girman kansu, suna nutsewa cikin jin daɗi na ɗan lokaci, kuma suna tara abubuwa masu kyalli. Wannan shi ne tushen asali na matsakaicin mutum.

Humans are predictable creatures. We make predictable choices: We often submit to our desires, we do whatever we can to preserve and bolster our egos, we wallow in short-term pleasures, and we hoard shiny things. This is the base core of the average human person.

Idan ka gaya wa mutane su zama 'yanci, su yi abin da suke so, su "bi zuciyarsu," da sauran kalaman taimakon kai, ilimin halin kirki mai kyau, da akidun falsafar 'yanci da ake ciyar da mu kullum, tun daga alkawarin jingina na "'yanci, 'yanci, da karfafawa ga kowa" har zuwa taken kasuwanci kamar "Just do it," to mutane duka za su taru a kan wannan tushe guda, alhali kuma suna gaskanta cewa su ne gaske masu iko a kan makomarsu, kuma suna da cikakken iko a kan ko su wane ne.

If you tell people to be free, to do what they want, to “follow their heart,” and all the other self-help, positive psychology, liberal philosophy cliches and doctrines we constantly are being fed — everything from the jingoistic promise of “liberty, freedom, and empowerment for all” to a commercial slogan like “Just do it” — then people are all going to converge on that same basic core, all the while believing that they are truly the masters of their own destiny and firmly in control of who they are.

Ba ya bambanta da zama mashayin miyagun ƙwayoyi. Masu shaye-shaye suna jin cewa suna iko da kansu kuma suna yanke shawarwarinsu da kansu. Kuma a zahiri, haka ne! Amma matsalar ita ce, waɗannan shawarwari suna da muni kamar yadda ake tsammani, kuma suna kai ga hallaka kawai. Haka ma manyan ƙasashen mulkin mallaka sun yi amfani da shigar da miyagun ƙwayoyi da barasa wajen lalata da kuma samun iko a kan tsoffin mutanen ƙasa masu ƙarfi a duniya.

It is not unlike being a drug addict. Addicts feel like they are in control and feel like they are making their own decisions. And actually they are! But the problem is, those decisions are predictably bad and lead to nowhere except utter destruction. This is also how imperial powers used the introduction of drugs and alcohol to destroy and gain control of once powerful native peoples around the world.

Manufact ma'ana: idan aka mayar da mutane zuwa ga asalin kansu kawai, za a iya sarrafa su yadda ya dace da kowace manufa. Note: "reduce people to their base selves" rendered as "mayar da mutane zuwa ga asalin kansu kawai" (reduce people to their essential selves only).

Point being, reduce people to their base selves and they can be effectively controlled for whatever purpose.

Wannan kuwa shi ne abin mamaki. "Golden Rule" ba komai ba ne face, "Abin da kake so ya zama dokar kowa." "Ka yi wa wasu abin da kake so su yi maka." Wannan ka’ida a kanta fanko ce. Ba ta da abun ciki. Ba za ta iya jagorantar ka zuwa wani aiki ba. Ba za ta iya taimaka maka yin zaɓin ɗabi'a ba. Me yasa? Domin ta bar tambaya a buɗe: menene ainihin abin da kake so wasu su yi maka? Ka bi da wasu yadda kake son a bi da kai? To, ta yaya ainihin kake son wasu su bi da kai? Wannan kawai wata hanya ce ta sanya kanka a tsakiyar lissafin. Abin da ke da muhimmanci a gare ka shi ne duk abin da ke da muhimmanci. Ma'aunin ɗabi'arka zai zama siffarka da kanka ka dasa a kan duniya. Wannan ba adalci ba ne. Wannan shirka ce.

And here’s the kicker. The “Golden Rule” is nothing other than, “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.” “Do unto others what you would have them do unto you.” This, by itself, is an empty principle. It has no content. It cannot direct you to any action. It cannot help you make a moral choice. Why? Because it leaves open the question: what exactly would you have others do unto you? Treat others how you want to be treated? Well, how exactly do you want others to treat you? This is just another way of putting yourself at the center of the equation. What matters to you is all that matters. Your moral compass shall be your own graven image projected onto the world. That is not righteousness. That is idolatry.

Shin wannan yana nufin cewa Golden Rule ita ce ginshiƙin tunanin 'yanci (liberalism)? Eh, za ka ga waɗancan zanen talla masu maimaituwa da ke cewa dukkan addinai suna da wani nau'in Golden Rule. Amma wannan ruɗi ne, domin irin waɗannan nau'ukan Golden Rule ba an nufe su su tsaya su kaɗai ba. Suna zuwa ne tare da dokar addini. Saboda haka sa'ad da Annabi صلى الله عليه وسلم ya ruwaito yana cewa, "Babu ɗayanku da zai zama mumini na gaskiya har sai ya so wa ɗan'uwansa abin da yake so wa kansa," ba yana nufin cewa idan mutum yana son kansa ya auri abokin zamansa ɗan luwaɗi, misali, to sai ya so haka ga wasu ma ba. A'a. Abin da ake nufi shi ne mutum yana son alheri wa kansa, kuma alheri Allah ne yake tantancewa, ba kuma a barshi ga son zuciyar kowa ko fassarar kowa ba.

Is it any wonder then that the Golden Rule is the central pillar of liberalism? And, yes, you will see those hackneyed posters about how all religions have a form of the Golden Rule. But that is deceptive because those versions of the Golden Rule are not meant to stand alone. They come in conjunction with religious law. So when the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is reported to have said, “None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself,” he doesn’t mean that if a person wishes for himself to be married to his gay partner, for example, that he should wish that for others as well. No. What is meant is that a person wishes goodness for himself, and goodness is decided by Allah and not open to anyone’s personal whims and interpretation.

Don da yanke Ka'idar Zinare daga mahallinta na addini, da raba ta daga matsayinta mai tushe a cikin ginshiƙin umarnin Allah — watau, Shari'a — 'yan huɗubar 'yanci (liberalism) suna ƙara yaɗa bautar kai. Kuma wane ne halitta ta farko da ta bauta wa kanta?

So, by cutting off the Golden Rule from its religious context and cleaving it from its place firmly embedded in the edifice of Allah’s commands — i.e., the Sharia — liberalism further propagates self-worship. And who was the first being to worship himself?

Al-A'raf (Q7:157)

Al-A’raf (Q7:157)