The devotion to God alone
We are between two wrong extremes:
>> atheism on one hand,
>> and on the other hand the false religion of associating the patron Jesus, saints, Jewish sages, Muslim imams and the idols of idolaters together with God Almighty.
>> and on the other hand the false religion of associating the patron Jesus, saints, Jewish sages, Muslim imams and the idols of idolaters together with God Almighty.
· Atheists and disbelievers always say the religion is so and so and it is bad, it is only backwardedness, myths …etc.
Certainly, not every religion is true and correct: what a great difference is between the idolatry: worshipping stones and statues on one hand, and between the devotion to God alone without associate or equal.
Therefore, this is their trick: they mix the bad religion of worshipping stones with the true religion of worshipping God alone; then they with the same design say:
all these deities: God Allah, Yahweh), Astroth, Baal, Tur and all other gods are the same; because they are deities worshipped by people in the past and at the present.
But what a great difference is between God the Creator of the entire universe and the Lord of all nations, and between such idols as Astaroth or Tur and other stony statues and idols.
Now, I think they cannot cheat people by such tricks; people now are educated and can distinguish the truth from falsehood.
In addition, it is not every man will be guided in spite of that he may know the truth: he may be disgusted or may dislike it for many reasons, or may be proud over following the truth of the Quran and that Prophet Mohammed was the truthful apostle that conveyed the message without alteration as did he hear it from the angel.
· On the other extreme:
People should not hold fast with Jewish sages, Christian saints, and Muslim imams apart from God; neither should they sanctify their graves and shrines;
People should not hold fast with Jewish sages, Christian saints, and Muslim imams apart from God; neither should they sanctify their graves and shrines;
Because the saints and imams died and passed away, and their spiritual souls transferred to heaven, and went to the neighborhood of their Lord.
And none of them remained on the earth [because they were righteous and devoted to God alone, so they went to Paradise in Heaven following their death] and nothing is in their graves other than their rotten and decayed bodies.
God – be glorified – said in the Quran 32: 4
اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَابَيْنَهُمَا فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى عَلَى الْعَرْشِ مَا لَكُم مِّندُونِهِ مِن وَلِيٍّ وَلَا شَفِيعٍ ..الخ
The explanation:
(It is God Who created the heavens and the earth [: the planets including the earth] and what [moons and meteorites] between them in six [of the] days [of the Hereafter.] Then He mounted the throne.
You have not, apart from Him, any patron nor any intercessor …etc.)
You have not, apart from Him, any patron nor any intercessor …etc.)
It means: Don't choose for yourselves, patrons, from among creatures, that you sanctify and worship besides God; eventhough they are Jesus or other prophets or angels of high rank; or you choose them as your intercessors with God;
Because, on Judgment Day, the intercession as a whole belongs to God, and no being can intercede for behalf of any other being -- unless God Himself gives them permission to do so: to save anyone from the punishment.
Moreover, the intercessor cannot intercede for the behalf of anyone whom he likes: no, the intercession is restricted for monotheists: the devoted to God alone, and not for atheists, associaters and idolaters.
quran-ayat.com/an_hour_with_ghosts.htm#The_Devotion_Should_Exclusively_Be_to_God_and_the_Intercession_Is_Up_to_Him
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