Who deserves to be Worshiped ?

paradise, and his abode is the fire. And there are not for the wrongdoers any
helpers.} (Quran 5: 72)
{Indeed, those you [polytheists] call upon besides Allah are slaves like you...}
(Quran 7: 194)
{…Is there a deity with Allah? High is Allah above whatever they associate with
Him.} (Quran 27: 63)
{…Is there a deity with Allah? Say: Produce your proof, if you should be truthful.}
(Quran 27: 64)
{And I did not create the jinn and humankind except to worship Me.} (Quran 51:
56)
Prophet Muhammad (bpuh) said:
«Supplication is an essential act of worship.» (An authentic hadith narrated by
Imams at-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawood)
Consequently, if a person claims to be a Muslim but prays to a prophet, saint,
statue or anything else, then he or she has stepped out of the bounds of Islam.
Thus, according to these affirmations, all other supposed gods and deities whom
people worship and call upon, like Jesus, the Holy Spirit, Brahma, Shiva, Krishna,
or Buddha are not gods; nor are they manifestations of the one true God (Allah).
Even if someone were to worship Prophet Muhammad (bpuh), the same punishment
mentioned above would apply to him.
17.4 Revival of the creed of Jesus’ prophethood
Nine Biblical proofs of Jesus’ prophethood
There are many verses in the New Testament which affirm Jesus’ prophethood and
not divinity.
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