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The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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Chapter Five: Devil's <strong>Deception</strong> in Matters of Creed (al-'aqti'id) and Religion<br />

Section One:<br />

[Iblis Deceives People into Worshiping<br />

False Deities]<br />

Iblis deceived some people into worshiping the moon, he caused<br />

others to worship the stars. <strong>Ibn</strong> Qutaybah said: 'During the period<br />

of J tihiltyyah, some people used to worship planet Sirius (S hi'ra). <strong>The</strong>y<br />

were fascinated <strong>by</strong> it. <strong>The</strong> first to worship it in spite of Quraysh was<br />

Abu Kabshah. When Allah's Messenger () called for worshipping<br />

Allah and the rejection of idols, they called him: the son of Abu<br />

Kabshah. Meaning that they both were similar in going against<br />

Quraysh. <strong>The</strong> people of Isra'Il referred to Maryam: 'O sister of<br />

Harlin.' Meaning that she was like him in righteousness. <strong>The</strong>re are<br />

two stars of the name, one above (Canis Mcgory, the other Canis Minor.<br />

which faces it; between the two is the Galaxy. Canis Minor belongs<br />

to the stretched out arm in the constellation of the Lion,<br />

whereas Canis Major is the Gemini.<br />

Iblis deceived others into worshiping angels and claiming them to<br />

be Allah's daughters. Allah is most exalted. Others were deceived<br />

into worshiping horses and cows. Al-SamirI was from a people who<br />

used to worship a cal£ This was why he formed a calf. Commentators<br />

tell us that Pharaoh used to worship a buck.<br />

Among all these was no one who exercised his intellect or made<br />

use of his reason to ponder over what he was doing. We ask Allah to<br />

save us in this world and the next.<br />

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