Who deserves to be Worshiped ?

{Say [O Muhammad]: Invoke those you claim [as deities] besides Allah. They do
not possess an atom’s weight [of ability] in the heavens or on the earth, and they do
not have therein any partnership [with Him], nor is there for Him from among them
any assistant.} (Quran 34: 22)
So if these entities {do not possess an atom’s weight [of ability] in the heavens or
on the earth}, how can they help the one who worships them? Moreover, Allah has
pointed out the simple fact that:
{...those you call upon besides Him are unable to help you, nor can they help
themselves.} (Quran 7: 197)
Allah, the Most Wise, has not prescribed any religious beliefs or rites that would
affect the direct relationship between Himself and humans, yet religions such as
Hinduism or Buddhism, belief in a human being as a saviour or an intermediary, and
rites such as baptism and confession have done just that.
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