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Sight.” And He turned towards you. He is the Ever-Returning, the
Most Merciful. (Surat al-Baqara: 54)

The similarity between modern Hindus, who worship the cow, and
some of the Israelites of the Prophet Moses (pbuh) era who took the calf
as their chosen divinity, is striking. The Hindus too, out of grave igno-
rance, chose the cow to which Allah refers to in many of His verses and
not an other animal or object as their god and committed a grave sin by

doing so. However, some of the Israelites at the time of the Prophet
Moses (pbuh) subsequently realized their big error and Allah accepted
their repentance and forgave them their sin. The Hindus too should re-
alize the perversion of such a belief, repent with a true heart and sur-
render truthfully to Allah. It can be hoped that Allah will forgive them
too and guide them onto the righteous path. Allah reveals in Surat al-
Baqara as:

Except for those who repent and put things right and make things
clear. I turn towards them. I am the Ever-Returning, the Most
Merciful. But as for those who disbelieve and die while they are dis-
believers, the curse of Allah is upon them and that of the angels and
all mankind. They will be under it for ever. The punishment will not
be lightened for them. They will be granted no reprieve. (Surat al-
Baqara: 160-162)
In Hinduism it is not only people and animals that are idolized.
Almost anything one can encounter in everyday life has been made (in
great ignorance) into something sacred and thus into a so-called object

of worship. For instance, the streams that flow and join by the will of
Allah, the trees that grow from the fallen seed by His will and the moun-
tains Allah holds down are revered by Hindus as supposedly sacred. In
reality all these things bow to Allah:

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