Erasing the Accusation of Shirk

together for the purpose. And if the fly took something from them, they could
not rescue it from it. So weak are (both) the seeker and the sought!
Qadhi: SubhanAllah brother! This verse is also for idols!! You must
remember that Allah has told us they are so powerless that if a fly were to
take something from them they would not able to rescue it. Let us now
examine this. If you think that this verse is talking of the deceased pious,
then first ask yourself how could a fly enter the grave? Secondly, what
would a fly want from the deceased pious? The only possibility is food.
Allah informs us of how the pious Muslims will enjoy food from their Lord
in their graves:
003.169 Think not of those, who are slain in the way of Allah, as dead. Nay,
they are living. With their Lord they have provision.
However how will a fly be aware of this, how will a fly know the deceased
pious are enjoying provision?! This is simply impossible. Moreover the
verse says ‘whom ye call beside Allah will never create’ this further clarifies
that what they worshipped was not deceased pious people as the pious can
create as Allah Almighty informs us in the Qur’an of how Sayyidina Isa
(peace be upon him) created:
003.049 And will make him a messenger unto the Children of Israel,
(saying): Lo! I come unto you with a sign from your Lord. Lo! I fashion for
you out of clay the likeness of a bird, and I breathe into it and it is a bird, by
Allah's leave. I heal him who was born blind, and the leper, and I raise the
dead, by Allah's leave. And I announce unto you what ye eat and what ye
store up in your houses. Lo! herein verily is a portent for you, if ye are to be
believers.
What does this verse then mean?
022.073 O mankind! A similitude is coined, so pay ye heed to it: Lo! those
on whom ye call beside Allah will never create a fly though they combine
together for the purpose. And if the fly took something from them, they could
not rescue it from it. So weak are (both) the seeker and the sought!
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