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Islam and Buddhism

have legs they can walk with? Do they have hands they can grasp

with? Do they have eyes they can see with? Do they have ears they
can hear with?" Never forget, "idolatry" does not mean only the wor-
ship of material idols. Anyone who honors another person for his
possessions, thinking that they belong to him and derive from some
power of his own, deifies that person, not realizing that these tran-
sient objects are a test that God has posed for him. As God warns in
the Qur'an (2: 165):

Among the people are those who take other than God as equals
[to Him], loving them as they should love God. But those who be-
lieve have greater love for God. If only you could see those who
do wrong at the time when they see the punishment, and
that truly all strength belongs to God, and that God is
severe in punishment.

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