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The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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Chapter Eleven: <strong>The</strong> Devil's <strong>Deception</strong> of the $iifts<br />

<strong>Ibn</strong> Adham and Ma'rllf al-Karkhi, whom he makes out to have been<br />

$iifts <strong>by</strong> pointing out that they were ascetics. Sufism is a doctrine<br />

different than asceticism. A proof of this is that asceticism (zuhd)<br />

was never condemned <strong>by</strong> anyone, unlike the $iifts.<br />

A treatise called "al-Risa/ah" was authored for them <strong>by</strong> 'Abdu'l­<br />

Karim <strong>Ibn</strong> Huwazin al-Qushayri wherein he gives marvellous accounts<br />

of annihilation (jana), subsistence (baqa) [in God] , contraction<br />

(qabt!J, expansion (bast), the [mystical] moment (waql), the [mystical]<br />

state (pd, ecstatic rapture (wqjd), ecstatic finding (wujiid), unification<br />

(jam }, seperation (jarq), sobriety (fapw), intoxication (sukry,<br />

tasting (dhawq), drinking (shurb), erasure (ma!Jw), affirmation (ithbal),<br />

[self] concealment (t'!}alh) , presence (mupatjara), unveiling (mukashefa),<br />

glimmers (lawa'iP), dawnings (!awalij, flashes (lawrimij, inconstancy<br />

(!a/win), stability (tamkin), the [Divince] Law (sharta), the True Reality<br />

(paqiqa), etc., all baseless illusions, with yet more marvellous comments.<br />

He also authored a commentary of the Qur'an that was even<br />

more absurd.<br />

<strong>The</strong>n there arose M u}:i.ammad <strong>Ibn</strong> Tahir al-Maqdisi who corn posed<br />

for them "$efwah a/- Tafawwuf', wherein he recounted things which a<br />

man of sense would be ashamed to mention. We shall give such<br />

examples as it will be suitable to mention in their places, if Allah<br />

will.<br />

Our Shaikh, Abii'l-Faql <strong>Ibn</strong> Nair, used to say: <strong>Ibn</strong> Tahir was promiscuous.<br />

He wrote a book allowing looking at beardless young<br />

men lustfully, into which he introduced a story of Ya}:i.ya <strong>Ibn</strong> Ma'in,<br />

who said: 'I saw a pretty girl in Egypt, Allah be gracious to her!'<br />

People said to him: 'What, do you invoke a blessing on her!' He said:<br />

'Allah be gracious to her and everyone who is beautiful.' Our Shaikh<br />

<strong>Ibn</strong> Nair added: '<strong>Ibn</strong> Tahir is not a person to be employed as<br />

evidence.'<br />

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