Erasing the Accusation of Shirk

041.037 And of His portents are the night and the day and the sun and the
moon. Adore not the sun not the moon; but adore Allah Who created them, if
it is in truth Him Whom ye worship.
053.049 And that He it is Who is the Lord of Sirius;
These verses tell us that the polytheists of Makkah would worship the stars
and the Moon. However the reason why they did this is not given. One
reason could be connected to astrology. As in the present day, astrologers of
old used to study the positions of the moon, sun and other planets believing
that their motions affect human beings. This may have caused them to
believe the sun, moon and planets as something superior and of great
importance so they worshipped them. Another reason could be because they
felt that the sun and moon provide us with many benefits, such as producing
heat, and giving light to plants enabling them to grow and due to the benefits
they give to the world they felt they should be worshipped. And Allah
knows best!
…and Idols
053.019 Have ye thought upon Al-Lat and Al-'Uzza
053.020 And Manat, the third, the other ?
053.021 Are yours the males and His the females ?
These verses inform us of the names of three idols which were worshipped
by the polytheists of Makkah. Other names of idols that were worshipped by
the polytheists of Makkah are mentioned in the books of Tarikh.
ORIGIN OF IDOLS
053.023 They are but names which ye have named, ye and your fathers, for
which Allah hath revealed no warrant. They follow but a guess and that
which (they) themselves desire. And now the guidance from their Lord hath
come unto them.
010.066 Lo! is it not unto Allah that belongeth whosoever is in the heavens
and whosoever is in the earth ? Those who follow aught instead of Allah
follow not (His) partners. They follow only a conjecture, and they do but
guess.
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