IDOL WORSHIP IS AN UNFORGIVABLE OFFENCE
[4:48] GOD does not forgive idolatry, but He forgives lesser
offenses for whomever He wills. Anyone who sets up idols
beside GOD, has forged a horrendous offfence.
[4:116] GOD does not forgive idol worship (if maintained
until death), and He forgives lesser offenses for whomever He
wills. Anyone who idolizes any idol beside GOD has strayed
far astray.
FOLLOWING A SOURCE OTHER THAN QURAN IS IDOLATRY
The following verse makes it clear that the Quran is God’s
Testimony. Following any other source is defined as idolatry.
[6:19] Say, “Whose testimony is the greatest?” Say, “GOD’s.
He is the witness between me and you that this Quran has been
inspired to me, to preach it to you and whomever it reaches.
Indeed, you bear witness that there are other gods beside
GOD.” Say, “I do not testify as you do; there is only one
god, and I disown your idolatry.”
WORSHIPING GOD IS OBEY HIS WORDS ONLY (QURAN) AND NOT THE
WORDS OF HUMANS (sCHOLARS, rELIGIOUS lEADERS, lORDS)
[3:64] Say, “O followers of the scripture, let us come to a
logical agreement between us and you: that we shall not
worship except GOD; that we never set up any idols besides
Him, nor set up any human beings as lords beside GOD.” If
they turn away, say, “Bear witness that we are submitters.”
[9:31] They have set up their religious leaders and scholars
as lords instead of God.
[2:257] GOD is Lord of those who believe; He leads them out
of darkness into the light. As for those who disbelieve,
their lords are their idols; they lead them out of the light
into darkness – these will be the dwellers of Hell; they
abide in it forever.
[6:137] Thus were the idol worshipers duped by their idols,
to the extent of killing their own children. In fact, their
idols inflict great pain upon them, and confuse their
religion for them. Had GOD willed, they would not have done
it. You shall disregard them and their fabrications.
ONE RELIGION – GOD ALONE
[42:13] He decreed for you the same religion decreed for
Noah, and what we inspired to you, and what we decreed for
Abraham, Moses, and Jesus: “You shall uphold this one
religion, and do not divide it.” The idol worshipers will
greatly RESENT what you invite them to do. GOD redeems to
Himself whomever He wills; He guides to Himself only those
who TOTALLY submit.
ABSURDITY OF IDOL WORSHIP
[30:28] He cites for you herein an example from among
yourselves: Do you ever elevate your servants or subordinates to the
level where they rival you, and to the point that you pay
them as much allegiance as is being paid to you? We thus
explain the revelations for people who understand.
[37:91-96] He then turned on their idols, saying, “Would you
like to eat? “Why do you not speak?” He then destroyed them.
They went to him in a great rage. He said, “How can you
worship what you carve? “When GOD has created you, and
everything you make!”
IDOLS CANNOT JUDGE
[40:20] GOD judges equitably, while the idols they implore
beside Him cannot judge anything. GOD is the One who is the
Hearer, the Seer.
IDOLS CANNOT CREATE ANYTHING AND ARE POWERLESS
[13:16] Say, “Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth?”
Say, “GOD.” Say, “Why then do you set up besides Him masters
who do not possess any power to benefit or harm even
themselves?” Say, “Is the blind the same as the seer? Is
darkness the same as the light?” Have they found idols
besides GOD who created creations similar to His creations,
to the point of not distinguishing the two creations? Say,
“GOD is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the
Supreme.”
[46:4] Say, “Consider the idols you have set up beside GOD.
Show me what on earth did they create. Do they own part of
the heavens? Show me any other scripture before this one, or
any piece of established knowledge that supports your
idolatry, if you are truthful.”
IDOLS DO NOT BRING US CLOSER TO GOD
[39:3] Absolutely, the religion shall be devoted to GOD
alone. Those who set up idols beside Him say, “We idolize
them only to bring us closer to GOD; for they are in a better
position!” GOD will judge them regarding their disputes. GOD
does not guide such liars, disbelievers.
IDOLATORS FOLLOW CONJECTURE
[6:148] The idol worshipers say, “Had GOD willed, we would
not practice idolatry, nor would our parents, nor would we
prohibit anything.” Thus did those before them disbelieve,
until they incurred our retribution. Say, “Do you have any
proven knowledge that you can show us? You follow nothing but
conjecture; you only guess.
[98:1] Those who disbelieved among the people of the
scripture, as well as the idol worshipers, insist on their
ways, despite the PROOF given to them.
IDOLATORS DENY IDOL WORSHIP – NOW & ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT
[6:22-24] On the day when we summon them all, we will ask the
idol worshipers, “Where are the idols you set up?” Their
disastrous response will be, “By GOD our Lord, we never were
idol worshipers.”
Note how they lied to themselves, and how the idols they had
invented have abandoned them.
[29:61] If you ask them, “Who created the heavens and the
earth, and put the sun and the moon in your service,” they
will say, “GOD.” Why then did they deviate?
MAJORITY OF GOD’S WORSHIPPERS FALLS INTO IDOLATRY
[12:106] The majority of those who believe in GOD do not do
so without committing idol worship.