Allah, or better known as
Satan (The fallen
Angel).
Sam Shamoun
The Quran describes Allah as the best deceiver there is, a liar who is not above using the same evil and wicked schemes of his opponents.
For example, the Quran calls Allah a makr, in fact the best makr there is:
Other texts that identify Allah as a makr include:
Are they then secure from Allah's deception (makra Allahi)? None deemeth himself secure from Allah's deception (makra Allahi) save folk that perish. S. 7:99,
Lest Muslims accuse these lexicons of bias or distortion notice what
Muslim scholar Dr. Mahmoud M. Ayoub says when he asks,
"how the word makr (scheming or plotting), which implies deceitfulness or dishonesty, could be attributed to
God." (The Quran and Its Interpreters – The
House of Imran
State University of New York Press SUNY, Albany 1992, Volume II, p. 165; italic emphasis ours)
After listing several
Muslim sources he quotes a renowned
Muslim expositor named ar-Razi who wrote that,
"scheming (makr) is actually an act of deception aiming at causing evil. It is not possible to attribute deception to
God. Thus the word is one of the muttashabihat multivalent words of the Quran." (Ibid., p. 166; italic emphasis ours)
Unfortunately for ar-Razi, the Quran attributes deception to Allah since it identifies him as the best makr there is.
Ayoub also sources
one Muslim who actually boasted of Allah being the best conniver/deceiver/schemer etc.,
The real
GOD FORBIDs any deception!