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claim to be God: why should not the Christians follow the doctrine of Unity rather than what
has become their ancestral and traditional custom? (43.63)
46:4 – Say: "Do ye see what it is ye invoke besides Allah? Show me what it is they have created
on earth or have they a share in the heavens? Bring me a Book (revealed) before this or any
remnant of knowledge (ye may have) if ye are telling the truth!" 47774778
4777 Some people may rush thoughtlessly into false worship, because it is the fashion or an
ancestral custom, etc. They are asked to pause and see for themselves. Have the false gods
or falsehood created anything? (They destroy much). Or have they any share or lot in the
things we associate with the heavens,-spiritual well-being, etc.? (46.4)
74:1 – O thou wrapped up (in a mantle)! 5778
5778 In these wonderful early verses there is a double thread of thought: (1) A particular occasion or person is referred to;
(2) a general spiritual lesson is taught. As to (1), the Prophet was now past the stage of personal contemplation, lying
down or sitting in his mantle; he was now to go forth boldly to deliver his Message and publicly proclaim the Lord: his
heart had always been purified, but now all his outward doings must be dedicated to Allah, and conventional respect
for ancestral customs or worship must be thrown aside; his work as a Messenger was the most generous gift that
could flow from his personality, but no reward or appreciation was to be expected from his people, but quite the
contrary; there would be much call on his patience, but his contentment would arise from the good pleasure of Allah.
As to (2), similar stages arise in a minor degree in the life of every good man, for which the Prophet's life is to be a
universal pattern. (74.1)
109:1 - Say: O ye that reject Faith! 6289
6289 Faith is a matter of personal conviction, and does not depend on worldly motives. Worship should depend on pure and
sincere Faith, but often does not: for motives of worldly gain, ancestral custom, social conventions or imitative
instincts, or a lethargic instinct to shrink from enquiring into the real significance of solemn acts and the motives
behind them, reduce a great deal of the world's worship to sin, selfishness, or futility. Symbolic idols may themselves
be merely instruments for safeguarding the privileges of a selfish priestly class, or the ambitions, greed, or lust of
private individuals. Hence the insistence of Islam and its Prophet on the pure worship of the One True God. The
Prophet firmly resisted all appeals to worldly motives, and stood firm to his Message of eternal Unity. (109.1)
A. Yusuf Ali Quran Subjects
False Gods
1. False gods
7.194, 16.20, 21.22, 34.22, 41.47, 46.5, 53.19, 71.23
2. follow ancestral ways
5.107
3. destroyed
6.6
4. ask for angel to be sent down
6.8
5. lie against their own souls
6.24
6. will see Truth in Hereafter
6.28
7. will be in confusion
6.110
8. hearts inclined to deceit
6.113
9. taste evil result of conduct
64.5
10. their way and worship repudiated
109.1
11. signs of
2.165, 2.285
12. sellers of
3.77, 3.177
13. strengthened in danger and disaster
3.173
14. and righteousness
5.72
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