What did Ibn al-Qayyim say about the deception of Shayṭān?
Ibn al-Qayyim mapped the tactics of Shayṭān with the precision of a general mapping a battlefield — the six gates of attack, the grades of prey, and the weapons that drive him back.
3 passages from 3 books in the library
The classical approach.
These passages are drawn from 3 books by Imam al-Ghazali and Ibn Kathir — part of the classical Sunni tradition that carries over a thousand years of reflection on the Qurʾān, the authentic Sunnah, and the consensus of the early community. Nothing below is a paraphrase. The words are the scholars' own, translated from the original Arabic manuscripts.
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
Reviving the inner life of Islam through the Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn — one of the most influential works ever written in any religious tradition.
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"I heard the messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, say, anger is from Satan, and Satan was created from fire, which is extinguished by water."
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
Reviving the inner life of Islam through the Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn — one of the most influential works ever written in any religious tradition.
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"Moreover, you bring joy to Iblis, your fiercest enemy, when you are deprived of blessings like knowledge, piety, prestige, and wealth."
14th century · Bosra, Syria
Monumental history Al-Bidāyah wa al-Nihāyah, the world's most widely read Qurʾanic commentary, and the classical Stories of the Prophets.
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"I fear that there will touch you a punishment from the most merciful so you would be to Satan a companion his father replied"
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