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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> ef the $Ujis<br />

Us, you would run to Us. "<br />

This is not permissible, because Allah was referring to the People<br />

of the Cave.<br />

Al-Sarraj called these explanations "deductions'1<br />

Abii J:Iamid al-TiisI [al-Ghazal!] said in his book "Dhamm al-Mai'',<br />

in saying:<br />

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"keep me and my sons away from worshipping idols"<br />

[Ibrahim (14): 35],<br />

Allah meant: "since the Prophetic rank is too exalted to admit of<br />

the fear that they might worship gods and idols; so <strong>by</strong> their worship,<br />

he must mean love of them and being deceived <strong>by</strong> them."<br />

This is not said <strong>by</strong> any of the scholars of tafsir. And indeed Shu'ayb<br />

('alayhis-sa/dm) says:<br />

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"And it is not for us to return to it except that Allah, our<br />

Lord, should will."<br />

[al-A'rij (7): 89]<br />

Prophets will never resort to shirk because of their status; however,<br />

it is not impossible for people to perform shirk. Further, Arabs<br />

are of the offspring of Ibrahim ('alt!]his-sa/am), and most of them<br />

have worshiped statues.<br />

It is common knowledge that inclination to shirk is excluded in the<br />

case of Prophet <strong>by</strong> their infallibility, not because it is impossible.<br />

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