The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

T H E D E V I L ' S
D E C E P T I O N S
"And they have studied what is in it (the Book)"
[al-A 'nif (7): 169)
he said: "They abandoned acting upon it. "
As for the explanation of the first verse, it is out of place. He
understood it to be a prohibition from Allah (do not forget), when
in fact it was only informative (you will not forget). So his explanation
is not consistant with that of the consensus of scholars.
Also, the second verse is discussing "dars" which means: "recitation",
not the elimination, as he understood it.
Another example was A bii Bakr al-Shibli's explanation of the verse:
''Verily, therein is indeed a reminder for him who has a
heart or gives ear while he is heedful"
[Qij (50): 37],
he said: for him whom Allah is his heart.
Abii 'Abdu'l-Ra}:iman al-Sulami compiled their sayings in a two
volum7/ t afsir book titled "ljaqd'iq al- Tefsirl'. He included many of
their delusions. He said: "The "al-Fatif.Jah" was called so because it
was the first Siirah revealed to the Prophet () ."
This is quite wrong, since the commentators all agree that al-Fatif.Jah
was not the first Surah, revealed.
And he said in explaining the word (i) "Amin": "Heading toward
you. "
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