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I  do  so  with  the  utmost  humility。  For  there’s  also  the  issue  of  style。  It  has 
always caused me great pain that I’m belittled in the Glorious Koran。 But this 
pain is my way of life。 This is simply the way it is。 
It’s true; God created man before the eyes of us angels。 Then He wanted us 
to prostrate ourselves before this creation。 Yes; it happened the way it’s written 
in  “The  Heights”  chapter:  While  all  the  other  angels  bowed  before  man;  I 
refused。 I reminded all that Adam was made from mud; whereas I was created 
from fire; a superior element as all of you are familiar。 So I didn’t bow before 
man。 And God found my behavior; well; “proud。” 
“Lower yourself from these heavens;” He said。 “It’s beyond the likes of you 
to scheme for greatness here。” 
“Permit me to live until Judgment Day;” I said; “until the dead arise。” 
He granted His permission。 I promised that during this entire time I would 
tempt the descendents of Adam; who’d been the cause of my punishment; and 
He said He’d send to Hell those I’d successfully corrupted。 I don’t have to tell 
you  that  we’ve  each  remained  true  to  his  word。  I  have  nothing  more  to  say 
about the matter。 
As some will claim; at that time Almighty God and I made a pact。 According 
to them; I was helping to test the Almighty’s subjects by attempting to destroy 
their faith: The good; possessed of sound judgment; would not be led astray; 
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while the evil; giving into their carnal desires; would sin; to later fill the depths 
of Hell。 Therefore; portant: If all men went to Heaven; 
no  one  would  ever  be  frightened;  and  the  world  and  its  governments  could 
never function on virtue alone; for in our world evil is as necessary as virtue 
and sin as necessary as rectitude。 Given that I am to thank for the genesis of 
Allah’s worldly order—with His permission no less (why else would He allow 
me to live until Judgment Day?)—to be branded “evil” and never be granted 
my due is my hidden troment。 Men like the mystic Mansur; the wool carder; 
or the famous Imam Gazzali’s younger brother Ahmet Gazzali; have taken this 
line of reasoning so far as to conclude in their writings that if the sins I caused 
are actually mitted through God’s permission and will; then they are what 
God  desires;  furthermore;  they  maintain  that  good  and  evil  do  not  exist 
because everything emerges from God; and even I am a part of Him。 
Some of these mindless men have quite appropriately been burned to death 
with their books。 Of course; good and evil do exist; and the responsibility for 
drawing a line between the two falls to each of us。 I am not Allah; God forbid; 
and  I  was  not  the  one  who  planted  such  absurdities  into  the  heads  of  these 
dimwits; they came up with it all by themselves。 
This brings me to my second plaint: I am not the source of all the evil 
and sin in the world。 Many people sin out of their own blind ambition; lust; 
lack of willpower; baseness; and most often; out of their own idiocy without 
any  instigation;  deception  or  temptation  on  my  part。  However  absurd  the 
efforts of certain learned mystics to absolve me of any evil might be; so too is 
the  assumption  that  I  am  the  source  of  all  of  it;  which  also  contradicts  the 
Glorious Koran。 I’m not the one who tempts every fruit monger who craftily 
foists  rotten  apples  upon  his  customers;  every  child  who  tells  a  lie;  every 
fawning sycophant; every old man who has obscene daydreams or every boy 
who jacks off。 Even the Almighty couldn’t find anything evil in passing wind 
or  jacking  off。  Sure;  I  work  very  hard  so  you  might  mit  grave  sins。  But 
some hojas claim that all of you who gape; sneeze or even fart are my dupes; 
which tells me they haven’t understood me in the least。 
Let them misunderstand you; so you can dupe them all the more easily; you 
might  suggest。  True。  But  let  me  remind  you;  I  have  my  pride;  which  is  what 
caused me to fall out with the Almighty in the first place。 Even though I can 
assume  every  imaginable  form;  and  though  it’s  been  recorded  in  numerous 
books  tens  of  thousands  of  times  that  I’ve  successfully  tempted  the  pious; 
especially in the lust…kindling guise of a beautiful woman; can the miniaturist 
brethren before me tonight please explain why they persist in picturing me as 
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a  misshapen;  horned;  long…tailed  and  gruesome  creature  with  a  face  covered 
with protruding moles? 
Like so; we arrive at the heart of the matter: figurative painting。 An Istanbul 
street  mob  incited  by  a  preacher  whose  name  I  won’t  mention  so  he  won’t 
bother you later on; condemns the following as being contrary to the word of 
God: the calling of the azan like a song; the gathering of men in dervish lodges; 
sitting in each other’s laps; and chanting with abandon to the acpaniment 
of musical instruments; and the drinking of coffee。 I’ve heard that some of the 
miniaturists among us who fear this preacher and his mob claim that I’m the 
one  behind  all  this  painting  in  the  Frankish  style。  For  centuries;  countless 
accusations have been leveled at me; but none so far from the truth。 
Let’s start from the beginning。 Everybody gets caught up in my provoking 
Eve  to  eat  of  the  forbidden  fruit  and  forgets  about  how  this  whole  matter 
began。 No; it doesn’t begin with my hubris before the Almighty; either。 Before 
anything else; there’s the matter of His presenting man to us and expecting us 
to  bow  down  to  him;  which  met  with  my  quite  appropriate  and  decisive 
refusal—though  the  other  angels  obeyed。  Do  you  think  it  fitting  that;  after 
creating  me  from  fire;  He  require  me  to  bow  before  man;  whom  He  created 
out of the crudest mud? Oh my brethren; speak the truth of your conscience。 
All  right;  then;  I  know  you’ve  been  thinking  about  it  and  fear  that  anything 
said here will not just remain between us: He will hear it all and one day He’ll 
call  you  to  account。  Fine;  never  mind  why  He’s  provided  you  with  that 
conscience in the first instance; I agree; you’re justified in being afraid; and I’ll 
forget  about  this  question  and  the  mud…versus…fire  debate。  But  there’s 
something  I’ll  never  forget—yes  indeed;  something  I’ll  always  be  proud  of:  I 
never bowed down before man。 
This; however; is precisely what the  new European masters are doing; and 
they’re  not  satisfied  with  merely  depicting  and  displaying  every  single  detail 
down  to  the  eye  color;  plexion;  curvy  lips;  forehead  wrinkles;  rings  and 
disgusting  ear  hair  of  gentlemen;  priests;  wealthy  merchants  and  even 
women—including  the  lovely  shadows  that  fall  between  their  breasts。  These 
artists also dare to situate their subjects in the center of the page; as if man 
were  meant  to  be  worshiped;  and  display  these  portraits  like  idols  before 
which  we  should  prostrate  ourselves。  Is  man  important  enough  to  w
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