Erasing the Accusation of Shirk

Ali: I am now going to present you a sixth verse of the Qur’an! Brother
please remember: I have studied the Qur’an with my shaykh. I have read the
Qur’an myself and I know exactly what it says. Pious people who have
passed away have been worshipped due to their piety as Allah Most Exalted
says in the Qur’an:
009.031 They have taken as lords beside Allah their rabbis and their monks
and the Messiah son of Mary, when they were bidden to worship only One
God. There is no God save Him. Be He Glorified from all that they ascribe
as partner (unto Him)!
The rabbis and monks are not idols! You may argue that they are Jinn or
angels, however I am sorry to disappoint you by informing you that they are
in actual fact humans!
Qadhi: I am not going to say that they are idols, angels or jinn! However you
have taken this verse out of context and not looked at the verses that come
after it, which describes the Monks and Rabbis as Allah Most Magnificent
says in the Qur;an:
009.034 O ye who believe! Lo! many of the (J ewish) rabbis and the
(Christian) monks devour the wealth of mankind wantonly and debar (men)
from the way of Allah. They who hoard up gold and silver and spend it not in
the way of Allah, unto them give tidings (O Muhammad) of a painful doom,
The description given here by the Qur’an of the rabbis and monks repudiates
any possibility that they were actually pious! On the contrary, they are
described as
Devouring the wealth of mankind
Debaring (men) from the way of Allah
Hording gold and silver for their own desires and certainly not
spending it in the way of Allah
Furthermore, we learn that they were
listeners for the sake of falsehood
listeners on behalf of other folk who come not unto thee
changing words of Allah
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