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16:86 - When those who gave partners to Allah will see their "partners" they will say: "Our Lord!
these are our `partners' those whom we used to invoke besides thee." But they will throw back
their word at them (and say): "Indeed ye are liars!" 2124
2124 The worshippers of false gods will try to shift the responsibility from their own shoulders to that of the false gods. They
will suggest (though they will not have the courage for such a bare-faced lie) that they were misled by the false gods.
But their lying suggestion will be contradicted and thrown back at them as explained in the next note. (16.86)
16:87 - That day shall they (openly) show (their) submission to Allah; and all their inventions shall
leave them in the lurch. 2125
2125 In so far as the false gods were real things, such as deified men or forces of nature, they will openly disclaim them
and then (as always) show their submission to Allah. In so far as the false gods were the invention of the fancy of the
idolaters, they will leave their worshippers in the lurch, for they will be shown as non-existent. (16.87)
1:5 – See under “Worship”
See under “Worship” - 2:83 – 5:119, 5:120, 6:56 11:2, 11:123, 17:22, 17:23, 31:13, 36:74, 39:64, 39:66, 42:9, 107:4-6,
See under “Call” - 6:71, 7:194, 10:106, 13:14, 17:56, 17:57, 27:80, 35:14.,
See under “Protector” – 11:20 , 39:3,
See under “Partners” 0 12:106
See under “Invoke” – 35:13.
39:38 - If indeed thou ask them who it is that created the heavens and the earth they would be sure
to say "Allah." Say: "See ye then? The things that ye invoke besides Allah can they if Allah
wills some Penalty for me remove His Penalty? Or if He wills some Grace for me can they
keep back His Grace?" Say: "Sufficient is Allah for me! In Him trust those who put their trust."
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4299 Cf. xxix. 61; also n. 2927 to xxiii. 85. Most worshippers of false gods are not either atheists or sceptics. They admit the
existence of Allah but it has not come into their hearts and souls: it has not been translated into their lives. They run
after false worship on account of ancestral custom or on account of their thoughtlessness or false environment, or on
account of their own selfish desires or limited outlook. To them is addressed the argument: 'Ultimately your false gods
can do nothing for you: why not turn to the One True God, on Whom you depend, and Who can give you Grace and
Mercy, Justice and Punishment?' (39.38)
4300 Cf. xxxiii. 17, (39.38)
4301 Cf. xii. 67 and xiv. 12. Allah alone is He Who will and can discharge any trust put in Him. All other things will fail.
Therefore those who put their trust in anything should put their trust in Allah. (39.38)
36:74 - Yet they take (for worship) gods other than Allah (hoping) that they might be helped!
36:75 - They have not the power to help them: but they will be brought up (before Our Judgment-
Seat) as a troop (to be condemned). 4021
4021 There is some difference of opinion among Commentators as to the exact meaning to be attached to this clause. As I
understand it, the meaning seems to be this. Man is apt to forget or turn away from the true God, the source of all the
good which he enjoys, and to go after imaginary powers in the shape of gods, heroes, men, or abstract things like
Science or Nature or Philosophy, or superstitious things like Magic, or Good-Fortune or Ill-Fortune, or embodiments of
his own selfish desires. He thinks that they might help him in this Life or in the Hereafter (if he believes in a Hereafter).
But they cannot help him: on the contrary all things that are false will be brought up and condemned before Allah's
Judgment-seat, and the worshippers of the Falsehoods will also be treated as a troop favouring the Falsehoods and
therefore worthy of condemnation. The Falsehoods, therefore, instead of helping them, will contribute to their
condemnation. (36.75)
18:15 - "These our people have taken for worship gods other than Him: why do they not bring
forward an authority clear (and convincing) for what they do? Who doth more wrong than such
as invent a falsehood against Allah? 2345
2345 Besides the heathen gods, the cult of the Emperors also became fashionable in the Roman Empire in the first three
centuries of the Christian Era. The statue of Diana (Artemis) at Ephesus had been one of the wonders of the ancient
world. The city was a great seaport and the capital of Roman Asia. We may therefore imagine how the heathen cults
must have flourished there. St. Paul spent three years preaching there, and was mobbed and assaulted, and
compelled to leave (Acts, xix. 1-4). (18.15)
18:26 - They have no protector other than Him; nor does He share His Command with any person
whatsoever. 23662367
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