Is it permissible to make du'a' (supplication) using opposing attributes, such as saying: "O Deceiver, deceive me?"

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Are the attributes that occur in opposition, such as deception and plotting, permissible to use in du'a', as in saying: "O Deceiver, deceive me?"

Answer:
The opposing names are those where one is mentioned without the other, such as the Humiliator and the Exalter, the Giver of Life and the Giver of Death, the Apparent and the Hidden. They are not mentioned except all together; one of them is not mentioned alone.