The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

T H E D E V I L ' S
D E C E P T I O N S
As for Mercury, they sacrificed a dark youth who knew literature
and mathematics, and was well mannered. They tricked him, just as
they tricked each of the persons they sacrificed. They sedated him,
then said: "O nice Lord! We have brought you a nice person. We
were guided by your spirit. So accept him from us. Then the youth
was sawed in half and made into a square shape, set on a square
piece of wood, and burnt. Whenever each side of the square burns
they took the ashes and threw them in the idol's face.
To the moon they sacrificed a black man with a large face, and
said: "O you who connects the other gods, and is the lightest of
celestial bodies."
[ 5:7]
Devil's Deception of the Idol Worshipers
('ubbad a/-a.fndm)
All forms of Iblis's deception are caused by rejecting intellect and
relying solely on the senses. Through this, Iblis invited many people
to worship images and made their intellects totally dysfunctional.
He convinced some that idols were the gods themselves. Others -
with some intellect- rejected this idea, so he deceived them to think
that worshiping these idols only gets them nearer to the Creator:
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"We only worship them that they may bring us nearer to
Allah in position."
[al-Zumar (39): 3]
How Iblis's Deception of Idol Worshipers Began:
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