![]() Here another blow is struck against polytheism. They are being told that, far from anyone having the power to impose his will on God, none – not even the greatest Prophets and the most highly esteemed angels – will dare utter one word in the majestic court of the Lord unless they are expressly permitted to do so.Ģ82. Any conceivable being other than God would necessarily be a part of the universe and thus belong to, and be a subject of, God rather than His partner and equal.Ģ81.This is a refutation of the ideas of those polytheists who consider either saints, angels or other beings to be so influential with God that if they were adamant in demanding something of Him, their demand would prevail. There is no one who shares anything with God in governance either of the heavens or of the earth. ![]() To God belongs the heavens and the earth and everything therein. An instance at hand is the famous Biblical statement that God created the heavens and the earth in six days and on the seventh day He rested (see Genesis, chapters 1 and 2).Ģ80. This is a refutation of the ideas of those who, in formulating their concepts of God, are inclined to consider God analogous to their own imperfect selves and hence ascribe to God the weaknesses characteristic of human beings. Hence, if anywhere in the heavens or the earth someone sets up anything or anybody as an object of worship and service (ilah) either instead of or in addition to the One True God this amounts to declaring war on reality.Ģ79. None shares either His attributes or His power and might, and no one has the same claims against the creatures as He. He alone wields all sovereign authority over His dominion. In fact, He is not only self-existent, but upon Him rests the entire order of the universe. Irrespective of the number of gods or objects of worship set up by ignorant people, the fact remains that godhead in its entirety, belongs exclusively to the Eternal Being, Who is indebted to no one for His existence. His Dominion overspreads the heavens and the earth, and their upholding wearies Him not. He knows what lies before them and what is hidden from them, whereas they cannot attain to anything of His knowledge save what He wills them to attain. Who is there who might intercede with Him save with His leave? Neither slumber seizes Him, nor sleep to Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. (2:255) Allah, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting by Whom all subsist, there is no god but He. ![]()
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