Iblīs said:
"I ruin the children of Ādam with sins and they destroy me with istiġfār [ie: seeking Allah's forgiveness] and with Lā Ilaaha Illa Allah [saying there is no deity worthy of worship in truth except Allah]
وَقَالَ إِبْلِيسُ: أَهْلَكْتُ بَنِي آدَمَ بِالذُّنُوبِ وَأَهْلَكُونِي بِالِاسْتِغْفَارِ وَبِلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ،
So when I see that [from them] I furnish in them al-Ahwāʾ [ie: lowly desires] so that they commits sins and do not repent and that is because they think they are doing good actions.
فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ ذَلِكَ بَثَثْتُ فِيهِمُ الْأَهْوَاءَ، فَهُمْ يُذْنِبُونَ وَلَا يَتُوبُونَ، لِأَنَّهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا.
- [Ibn al-Qayyim, al-Jawāb al-Kāfī 1/145]


















