Erasing the Accusation of Shirk

they were to put down ten dates in the name of Allah and ten dates in the
name of their idols, and two of the dates from the idols set were rotten, they
would remove two dates from “Allah’s dates” and replace the “idol’s” rotted
dates. Though if the set of dates they had placed for Allah had rotted away,
they would not have replaced them with the idols dates. This explains how
they would give more importance and higher status to their idols.
They sacrificed they children
to please their idols
The polytheists of Makkah would go to such extents to please their idols that
they would even sacrifice their children for them. The Qur’an discusses how
the polytheist used to bury their daughters alive in order to please their idols.
006.137 Thus have their (so-called) partners (of Allah) made the killing of
their children to seem fair unto many of the idolaters, that they may ruin
them and make their faith obscure for them. Had Allah willed (it otherwise),
they had not done so. So leave them alone with their devices.
So you see, from all these ayats that I have mentioned, it becomes manifestly
clear that the polytheists gave more importance to their idols than to Allah.
As I have just mentioned, they went to such lengths to show their reverence
for them that they would even sacrifice their own children.
They believe their idols were
entitled to being worshipped
The polytheists of Makkah would admit that they worshipped idols. They
also believed their idols were their intermediates.
039.003 Surely pure religion is for Allah only. And those who choose
protecting friends beside Him (say): We worship them only t hat they may
bring us near unto Allah. Lo! Allah will judge between them concerning that
wherein they differ. Lo! Allah guideth not him who is a liar, an ingrate.
This verse that I have recited confirms that they used to worship their idols,
believing that such worship was permissible. This stemmed from their belief
that without worshipping their idols, they would not be able to approach
Allah. There are two things wrong in this, firstly for the plain reason that
you cannot worship besides Allah and secondly the way to approach Allah
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