Page 65 - The Worst Slander: Idolatry

THOSE WHO ASCRIBE EQUALS

TO ALLAH IN HIS NAME AND

IN THE NAME OF RELIGION

A t the end of the previous chapter, we men-

tioned those idolaters who claiming to be
religious ascribe equals to Allah by inventing
and imposing, in His name, various provisions and rules, as
well as restrictions and injunctions, that have nothing to do
with Islam. Such people attempts to change religion so that
it accords with their own wishes and desires, interests and
advantages, and turn it away from its true essence. They
thus witlessly create false religion that they call also "Islam";
however, its contents are totally different from those of the
true religion revealed by Allah.
In this way, they lead not only themselves but also large
numbers of other people into idolatry. They impose their
perverse religion to people. Ignorant people who are
unaware of the essence of true Islamic moral values and of
the Qur'an and the hadith's true teachings adopt this new
distorted religion. These were the real idolaters that we men-
tion in this chapter. As a result, these people have put them-
selves into the same situation as earlier communities have
done. Allah reveals the situation of these people in the earli-