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meteorology, agriculture, seasonal winds, and tides. Then there are the mansions of the moon, the mapping out of the
Constellations, and the other marvellous facts of the heavens, some of which affect our physical life on this earth. But
the highest lessons we can draw from them are spiritual. The author of this wonderful Order and Beauty is
One, and He alone is entitled to our worship. (15.16)
5:8 - O ye who believe! stand out firmly for Allah as witnesses to fair dealing and let not the hatred
of others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to
Piety: and fear Allah for Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do. 706707
707 To do justice and act righteously in a favourable or neutral atmosphere is meritorious enough, but the real test comes
when you have to do justice to people who hate you or to whom you have an aversion. But no less is required of you
by the higher moral law. (5.8)
26:181 - "Give just measure and cause no loss (to others by fraud). 3216
3216 They were a commercial people, but they were given to fraud, injustice, and wrongful mischief (by intermeddling with
others). They are asked to fear Allah and follow His ways: it is He Who also created their predecessors among
mankind, who never prospered by fraud and violent wrong-doing, but only justice and fair dealing. (26.181)
FALSE GODS:
7:194 - Verily those whom ye call upon besides Allah are servants like unto you: call upon them
and let them listen to your prayer if ye are (indeed) truthful! 1167
1167 False gods, whether idols or deified men, or ideas and superstitions, have no existence of their own, independent of
Allah's creation. They are Allah's creatures, and like servents are subject to His authority. Deified men are not real
men, but false ideas of men. They cannot help themselves: how can they help others? (7.194)
16:20 - Those whom they invoke besides Allah create nothing and are themselves created. 2043
2043 Allah is the only Creator and the Ultimate Reality. Everything else is created by Him, and reflects His glory. How
foolish then to worship any other than Allah! (16.20)
21:22 - If there were in the heavens and the earth other gods besides Allah there would have been
confusion in both! But glory to Allah the Lord of the Throne: (high is He) above what they
attribute to Him! 2682
2682 After the false gods of the earth (verse 21), are mentioned the false gods in the heavens and the earth, like those in
the Greek Pantheon (verse 22), who quarrelled and fought and slandered each other and made their Olympus a
perfect bear-garden! (21.22)
34:22 - Say: "Call upon other (gods) whom ye fancy besides Allah: they have no power not the
weight of an atom in the heavens or on earth; no (sort of) share have they therein nor is any of
them a helper to Allah. 38223823
3822 Other objects of worship, such as Self, or Money, or Power, or things we imagine will bring us luck or prosperity,
though they can do nothing of the kind. (34.22)
3823 The false gods have no power whatever either in heaven or on earth, either in influencing our spiritual life or our
ordinary worldly life. To suppose that they have some share, or that they can give some help to Allah, even though
Allah is Supreme, is both false and blasphemous. Allah is One and Supreme, without sharer, helper, or equal. (34.22)
41:47 - The Day that (Allah) will propound to them the (question) "Where are the partners (ye
attributed) to Me?" They will say "We do assure thee not one of us can bear witness!" 45194520
4520 When the final restoration of true values comes, all falsehood will be exposed openly and publicly. The false gods will
vanish, and their falsehood will be acknowledged by those who had lapsed from true worship. But it will be too late
then for repentance. (41.47)
46:5 - And who is more astray than one who invokes besides Allah such as will not answer him to
the Day of Judgement and who (in fact) are unconscious of their call (to them)? 4779
4779 As there is no argument at all in favour of your sham worship, what sense is there in it? Either your false gods are
senseless stocks and stones which will never answer you to the end of Time, being themselves devoid of
understanding, or they are real objects which will disown you at the last. If you worshipped Self, your own misused
faculties will witness against you at the last (xli. 20-23). If you worshipped good men or prophets, like Jesus, they will
disown you (v. 119). Similarly, if you worshipped angels, they will disown you (xxxiv. 40-41). (46.5)
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