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DECEIT:<br />

3:161 - It is not for any Prophet to deceive (mankind). Whoso deceiveth will bring his deceit with<br />

him on the Day of Resurrection. Then every soul will be paid in full what it hath earned; and<br />

they will not be wronged.<br />

5:14 –But because of their breach of their Covenant We cursed them and made their hearts grow<br />

hard: they change the words from their (right) places and forget a good part of the Message<br />

that was sent them nor wilt thou cease to find them barring a few ever bent on (new) deceits:<br />

but forgive them and overlook (their misdeeds): for Allah loveth those who are kind. 712713714<br />

712 Cursed them: that means that because of the breach of their Covenant, Allah withdrew His overflowing Grace from<br />

them. The withdrawal of Grace made their hearts grow hard in two ways: (1) they were no longer protected from the<br />

assaults of evil, and (2) they became impervious even to the message of forgiveness and mercy which is open to all<br />

Allah's creatures. (5.13)<br />

713 Israel, when it lost Allah's grace as above, began to sin against truth and religion in three ways: (1) they began to<br />

misuse Scripture itself, by either taking words out of their right meaning, or applying them to things for which they<br />

were never meant; (2) in doing so, they conveniently forgot a part of the Message and purpose of Allah; and (3) they<br />

invented new deceits to support the old ones. (5.13)<br />

714 Cf. ii. 109 and n. 110, where I have explained the different shades of meaning in the words for "forgiveness." (5.13)<br />

6:113 To such (deceit) let the hearts of those incline who have no faith in the Hereafter: let them<br />

delight in it and let them earn from it what they may. 942<br />

942 People who have no faith in the future destiny of man may listen to and be taken in by the deceit of evil. If they take a<br />

delight in it, let them. See what they gain by it. Their gains will be as deceitful as their delight. For the end of evil must<br />

be evil. (6.113)<br />

16:92 - And be not like unto her who unravelleth the thread, after she hath made it strong, to thin<br />

filaments, making your oaths a deceit between you because of a nation being more numerous<br />

than (another) nation. Allah only trieth you thereby, and He verily will explain to you on the Day<br />

of Resurrection that wherein ye differed.<br />

16:94 - Make not your oaths a deceit between you, lest a foot should slip after being firmly planted<br />

and ye should taste evil forasmuch as ye debarred (men) from the way of Allah, and yours<br />

should be an awful doom.\<br />

17:64 - "Lead to destruction those whom thou canst among them with thy (seductive) voice; make<br />

assaults on them with thy cavalry and thy infantry; mutually share with them wealth and<br />

children; and make promises to them. But Satan promises them nothing but<br />

deceit. 22542255225622572258<br />

2254 "Do thy worst; but ye are both warned that that path leads to destruction." (17.64)<br />

2255 Evil has many snares for mankind. The one that is put in the foreground is the voice,-the seductive personal appeal,<br />

that "makes the worse appear the better part". (17.64)<br />

2256 The forcible assault of Evil is next mentioned under the metaphor of cavalry and infantry. It is when cajolery and<br />

tempting fair-seeming seem to fail that an attack is made in force with weapons of violence, of all kinds, like the<br />

different arms in an organised army. (17.64)<br />

2257 If the first assaults are resisted. Evil has other weapons in its armoury. Tangible fruits are dangled before the eyes, illgotten<br />

gains and children of sin, that follow from certain very alluring methods of indulgence in passions. Or it may be<br />

children dedicated to sin or worldly gains, etc. And then there are all kinds of promises for the future. (17.64)<br />

Al-Tirmidhi Hadith<br />

Hadith 5221 Narrated by<br />

Abdullah ibn Amr<br />

When Allah's Messenger was asked who was most excellent, he replied, "Everyone whose heart is clear of pollution<br />

(makhmum al-qalb) and whose tongue is truthful." On being told by his hearers that they understood "whose tongue is<br />

truthful," but not makhmum al-qalb he replied, "The one who is pure, the one who is pure, with no sin, iniquity, deceit, or<br />

envy."<br />

Ibn Majah and Bayhaqi, in Shu'ab al-Iman, transmitted it.<br />

DECEPTION:<br />

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