Erasing the Accusation of Shirk

010.104 Say (O Muhammad): O mankind! If ye are in doubt of my religion,
then (know that) I worship not those whom ye worship instead of Allah, but I
worship Allah Who causeth you to die, and I have been commanded to be of
the believers.
010.105 And, (O Muhammad) set thy purpose resolutely for religion, as a
man by nature upright, and be not of those who ascribe partners (to Allah).
109.001 Say: O disbelievers!
109.002 I worship not that which ye worship;
109.003 Nor worship ye that which I worship.
109.004 And I shall not worship that which ye worship.
109.005 Nor will ye worship that which I worship.
109.006 Unto you your religion, and unto me my religion.
053.018 Verily he saw one of the greater revelations of his Lord.
053.019 Have ye thought upon Al-Lat and Al-'Uzza
053.020 And Manat, the third, the other ?
006.080 His people argued with him. He said: Dispute ye with me
concerning Allah when He hath guided me ? I fear not at all that which ye
set up beside Him unless my Lord willeth aught. My Lord includeth all
things in His knowledge. Will ye not then remember ?
These verses prove that the polytheists worshiped other than Allah, such as
the idol al-Lat. That’s why the prophet Muhammad (may Allah bless him
and grant him peace) said:
109.002 I worship not that which ye worship;
A question arises that why did the Prophet Muhammad ( may Allah bless
him and grant him peace) say that he does not worship that which the
polytheists worshipped, when we understand that the polytheists did believe
in Allah? The answer to this is that they did not worship Allah, they just
believed He existed. Despite acknowledging that Allah Almighty was the
Creator of all, they persisted in their worship of other gods besides Him, the
Almighty.
THEY WORSHIPPED IBLIS
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