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It is by no means necessary, when He is spoken of through a restricted verb, to derive from that verb an unrestricted Name for Him.
Third: Describing Him with a qualified verb does not entail coining from it an absolute Name—as some later writers mistakenly did, counting among His Most Beautiful Names al-Muḍill (the Misguider), al-Fātin (the Tempter), and al-Mākir (the Deceiver). Exalted is Allah far above what they claim, for
لا يلزم الإخبار عنه بالفعل مقيدا أن يشتق له من أسم مطلق
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الثالث: أنَّه لا يلزم من الإخبار عنه بالفعل مقيدًا أن يشتق له منه اسمٌ مطلقٌ كما غلط فيه بعضُ المتأخرين فجعل من أسمائه الحسنى المضل الفاتن الماكر تعالى الله عن قوله، فإنَّ