How Did Satan Accept the Faith of His Enemy?

Question

Dear teacher, the Satan assigned to the Messenger of God (PBUH) could not harm him, and embraced Islam. How could Satan accept the faith of his enemy?
Was it only the Messenger of God (PBUH) who was able to convert his particular Satan to Islam, while this did not happen with the Infallibles (AS)?
Dear teacher, is the station of the sincerely devoted reserved for God’s ordinary servants?
Or were the Infallibles also among the sincerely devoted? I mean, is the station of the Infallibles higher than that of the sincerely devoted? It would seem that it must be higher, since ordinary servants of God could also attain divine infallibility. So what, then, distinguishes them from the Infallibles?

Accepted Answer

The report cited in this context has a weak chain of transmission, so one may refrain from making any judgment about it.

A considered conjecture is that “Satan” in the passage refers to someone other than the accursed Iblis. Some versions read «شيطاني» (“my Satan”), meaning one of the satans dwelling around the Prophet.

Moreover, given that the Prophet’s mission embraces all created beings, it extends to jinn and satans as well. There is no doubt that some satans embraced the true religion of Islam.

The Infallible Imams (peace be upon them) hold the rank of Imams of the wholly devoted; their blessed station is higher than that of the wholly devoted.

... Our Prophet, may blessings and peace be upon him, was sent to all people: «كافه قوله نذیرا للبشر»; and to the jinn as well: «و إذ صرفنا إلیک نفرا من الجن»; and to the satans too. He, peace be upon him, said: «إن الله أعاننی على شیطان حتى أسلم على یدی قوله و ما أرسلناک إلا کافه...»
*Bihār al-Anwār* (Beirut edition), vol. 16, p. 337

... Then His chosen ones are protected from sin by divine protection. This is a special mercy reserved for the chosen, preceded by a general mercy that embraces them. Joseph was among the former: «إنه من عبادنا المخلصین». The Messenger, Muhammad (may God bless him and his family and grant them peace), is the Imam of the chosen: «قل إن کان للرحمن ولد فأنا أول العابدین». This is so much so that he could say of himself: «شیطانی أسلم بیدی- جزناها و هی خامده».
*Al-Furqān fī Tafsīr al-Qurʾān bi-l-Qurʾān*, vol. 15, p. 125

How Did Satan Accept the Faith of His Enemy?

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