The word · Belief
الاِسْتِدْرَاج
Istidraj
Being drawn in slowly by blessings while sinning, so that ease becomes a punishment rather than approval.
Also written · Istidraaj · Estidraj · Istidrag · Gradual lure · Being drawn in · Respite in sin
The meaning
What Istidraj means in Islam
The Qur'an says of those who deny its signs: We will lead them on by degrees from where they do not know (Qur'an 7:182). It is the answer to a question people ask honestly, which is why the wrongdoer prospers. Comfort is not a verdict, and neither is hardship.
Evidence · Qur’an · Stated directly in the Qur’an
Read beside it
Words that sit beside it
- KaramahAn extraordinary event granted to a righteous believer, with no claim to prophethood attached.الكَرَامَة
- QadrAllah's decree: that He knows, wrote, willed and created all that happens, without forcing anyone to sin.القَدَر
- KufrDisbelief: rejecting or refusing what a person knows Allah has revealed.الكُفْر
More from Belief
- Adhab al-QabrThe punishment or ease a person meets in the grave, before the Day of Judgement arrives.عَذَابُ القَبْر
- AthariThe Sunni creed school that keeps to the wording of the texts and avoids theological speculation.الأَثَرِيَّة
- ImanFaith: belief in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and the decree.الإِيمَان
- MahdiA rightly guided leader expected near the end of time, understood very differently by Sunni and Shia Islam.المَهْدِيّ
- QalamThe Pen, commanded to write the decree of everything that would happen until the Day of Judgement.القَلَم
- SiratThe bridge laid over Hell that everyone must cross, at speeds matching their deeds.الصِّرَاط