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The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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T H E D E V I L ' S<br />

D E C E P T I O N S<br />

"Have the people been amazed that We revealed [revelation]<br />

to a man from among them, [saying] , "Warn<br />

mankind."<br />

[Yunus (10): 2]<br />

<strong>The</strong> second doubt:<br />

<strong>The</strong>y say: Why did Allah not send an angel, since angels are near<br />

to Him, and are less likely to be the object of doubts? Also, the fact<br />

that humans love to be leaders over their kind, and this fact engenders<br />

doubts.<br />

<strong>The</strong> answer to this is in three ways:<br />

i. One is that it is in the power of angels to overturn mountains<br />

and rocks, so that they could not produce a miracle which<br />

would attest their veracity: for a miracle is a violation of custom,<br />

and this is the custom of the angels. A clear miracle is<br />

one that is performed <strong>by</strong> the hand of a weak human being,<br />

proving his veracity.<br />

ii. Second, that men incline more to their own kind, hence it is<br />

proper that there should be sent to them one of their own<br />

kind, that they might not feel aversion, but undstand him; further,<br />

enabling one of the same kind to perform what the others<br />

were unable to perform is a proof of his truthfulness.<br />

iii. <strong>The</strong> third response is that humans do not have the ability to<br />

see angels. Only Allah (the Mighty and the Majestic) strengthens<br />

the Prophets with the power of perceiving the angels which<br />

He accords them.<br />

This was why Allah (the Mighty and the Majestic) said:<br />

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