Page 59 - The Worst Slander: Idolatry

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A man who has fornicated may only marry a woman
who has fornicated or a woman of the idolaters. A
woman who has fornicated may only marry a man who
has fornicated or a man of the idolaters. Doing such a
thing is forbidden for the believers. (Surat al-Nur: 3)
There is no end to worldly desires. Thus, if people are
driven by their desires and do nothing to free themselves
from their control, these desires can lead them to exceed
the bounds set by Allah for humanity. In other words, in a
great perversity such people will deify their desires and
become idolaters, for they will forget about pleasing Allah.
It means that he worships his false deity, that is his lower-
self, complies with whatever it demands and does not step
out of its commands. As in the case of other idolaters, some
time later such a person loses his wisdom and foresight and
blunts his conscience due to being a slave to his lower-self.
Their reason and foresight will gradually disappear, their
conscience will atrophy, and soon they will find themselves
in a position lower than the animals. Allah reveals the situa-
tion of these people ignorantly worshipping their own
desires in the Qur'an:
Have you seen the one who has taken his whims and
desires to be his deities? Will you then be his guardian?
Do you suppose that most of them hear or understand?
They are just like cattle. Indeed, they are even more
astray! (Surat al-Furqan: 43-44)
This is the most widespread form of idolatry in present-
day societies. Today, many societies around the world
involve individuals who are largely unaware of Allah and reli-