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The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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CHAPTER FOUR<br />

<strong>The</strong> meaning of <strong>Deception</strong> (ta/bis) and<br />

Misleading (ghuriir)<br />

<strong>Deception</strong> (ta/bis) is to present falsehood in the image of the truth.<br />

And misleading (ghuriif; is a form of ignorance that causes you to<br />

believe falsehood to be the truth, and bad to be good. It is caused<br />

<strong>by</strong> the presence of doubtful matters. lb!Isinfluences people as much<br />

as possible. His influence depends on how alert, negligent, ignorant<br />

and knowledgeable they are.<br />

Know that the heart is like a fenced fortress attended <strong>by</strong> angels.<br />

<strong>The</strong> fence has doors and cracks. <strong>The</strong> mind resides inside the fortress.<br />

Next to the fortress there is a barn in which there are lusts, and<br />

devils attend the barn. <strong>The</strong>re is a war between the residents of the<br />

fortress and those of the barn. <strong>Devils</strong> patrol the fortress hoping for<br />

the guard to become lax, or to enter through the cracks. So the guard<br />

must know all the fortress doors to which he was assigned, and all<br />

cracks as well. He must not lower his guard for even a moment, for<br />

the enemy is never lax.<br />

A man asked al-I:Iasan: 'Does Iblis ever sleep?' He answered: 'If<br />

he did then we would find some rest.'<br />

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