The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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them would kill his daughter and feed his dog. And also he deceived
the Arabs to believe that: had Allah willed we would not have taken
partners. The meaning is: had He not approved of our shirk, He
would have prevented us from it. They attached themselves to Allah's
Will and neglected His Commands. Allah's Will encompasses all
creatures, and His Command does not encompass all that He wills.
So no one is allowed to use Allah's will (as an excuse) once the order
has been decreed.
Many indeed are the foolish doctrines which they invented. It would
be waste of time to record, and does not require the trouble of
refutation.
[ 5: 10]
Devil's Deception of the Deniers of Prophecies
(/df.Jidi al-Nabawdl)
Iblis deceived the Brahmans, Indians and others to deny prophecies
and block their pathway to God.
The Indians diff ered,among themselves. Some of them were secular,
others were dualists, others followed Brahmans and others only
believed in the prophecy of Adam ('alayhis-saldm) and Ibcihim ('alhissakim)
.
Abu Mul:iammad al-NubakhtI said in his book 'Opinions and cults'
that some Indian Brahmans affirmed the creator, messengers, heaven
and hellfire. And they believed that their messenger was an angel
who came to them in human form without a holy book. He had
four hands and twelve heads: a human head, a lion's head, a horse's
head, an elephant's head, a pig's head and so on. They say that he
ordered them to glorify the fire and forbid them from committing
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