The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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D E C E P T I O N S
this would be, he said, pointing with his hand to Makkah and the
Yeman: 'A Prophet will be sent from the direction of this land. When
they asked when he would appear, he looked at me the youngest
person, and said: 'This boy, if he lives his natural term, will see him.
By Allah, a night and a day did not pass before Allah sent MuJ.:iammed,
His Messenger, and he was living among us. We believed in him, but
he denied him because of his wickedness and envy. When we asked:
Aren't you the man who said these things? He said: certainly, but
this is not the man. 103 [ 5: 12]
The Devils's Deception of Christians (al-nafdrtl)
Iblis's deception of Christians took many forms. Here are some
examples:
He deceived them to think that The Creator (the Mighty and the
Majestic) was of matter form. Al-Ya1qiibiyyah, flowers of Ya1qiib,
al-Malikiyyah, followers of the King's Religion, and al-Nastiiriyyah,
followers of Nastiir all have said that Allah is one essence but is
three distinct characters: the father, the son and the holy spirit. Some
of them claimed that the three characters were only features. Others
said they were attributes. And others claimed that they were
persons.
They forgot that had Allah been of matter form then everything
that was applicable to matter must be applicable to Him, such as
being confined by space, motion, stillness and color.
Then Iblis convinced some of them to believe that 1isa ('alqyhis-
103 MusnadA}:imad 3/467.
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