The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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Al-Jal).i? said: 'Zaradusht, the first Zoroastrian, came from Balkh
claiming that he had received revelation while he was on mount
Ceylon. He told those living in cold areas that they may be punished
by increased cold weather. He claimed that he had only been sent to
people living on mountains. He made it permissible for his followers
to use their urine for performing ablution, to have relations with
their mothers, to glorify fire, as well as other silly things.' He said:
'Allah was alone for a long time. He contemplated about His loneliness
so lb!Is was generated from this contemplation. Allah then
wanted to kill lb!Is but lb!Is defended himsel£ When Allah saw this,
he decided to give him a chance for sometime.'
Fire-worshippers built many temples. The first to design such a
temple was Afridon. He established a temple in Tiis and another in
Bukhara. Bahman built one in Sijjistan.
Zaradusht plotted a scheme to make his followers believe that a
fire had come from heaven to eat something they had sacrificed. He
put an animal that was to be sacrificed inside a house in which there
was a large mirror. He surrounded the animal with firewood and
poured sulfur on it He made an opening in the wall so the sunray
could come through, become reflected by the mirror towards the
firewood. When the fire started Zaradush ordered his followers not
to turn it off.
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