45. Would God be described as the greatest “plotter” or “schemer” of them all? (Makara)
the Bible No
Yes the Quran
the Bible's Perspective
Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?”
Genesis 3:13The LORD God said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
Habakkuk 1:13You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,
Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Zechariah 8:17and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbour, and love no false oath; for all these are things that I hate,” says the LORD.
the Quran's Perspective
Ali 'Imran (House of Imran) 3:54And they (the disbelievers) schemed, and Allah schemed (against them): and Allah is the best of schemers.
Ar-Ra'd (Thunder) 13:42Those who were before them plotted; but all plotting is Allah's. He knoweth that which each soul earneth. The disbelievers will come to know for whom will be the sequel of the (heavenly) Home.
An-Nami (The Ants) 27:50So they plotted a plot: and We plotted a plot, while they perceived not.
Notes
In the Bible ‘plotting’ and ‘scheming’ are seen as being evil and these activities are attributed to Satan, not God: Cf. Genesis 3:1, Esther 9:25, Psalm 21:11 & 36:4, Proverbs 1:30, 2 Cor. 11:13-15, Eph. 6:11, 1 Peter 5:8-9, 2 John 1:7.
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