Page 71 - The Worst Slander: Idolatry

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how devout, superior, or close to Allah they may have
regarded themselves, Allah forbade them to enter the
Masjid al-Haram (the Sacred Mosque). Allah reveals this in
the Surat al-Tawba:
O you who believe, the idolaters are unclean, so after
this year they should not come near the Sacred Mosque
(Masjid al-Haram). If you fear impoverishment, Allah will
enrich you from His bounty if He wills. Allah is All-
Knowing, All-Wise. (Surat al-Tawba: 28)

Since the Qur'an is addressed to people living at all
times and all ages, we have to see how its wisdom can be
applied in our own day. The verses concerned with the idol-
aters, the attitudes and mindsets of those who attempted to
devise a new faith in the name of Islam, and of those who
followed them and summoned others to do so, clearly
describe such people. Therefore, those of our contempo-
raries who have a similar attitude and mindset, as well as
those who practice an invented religion, match the verses'
general description. Indeed, when distorted beliefs pro-
claimed in religion's name are widespread in some soci-
eties, those who impose rules and obligations, define what
is lawful and prohibited, and those who follow such people
constitute a idolatrous group that "slanders Allah", "abides
by the ancestral religion instead of Allah's religion", and
"say things about Him that they do not actually know".
In addition, these people proclaim that their religion is
the true one and that they are the true believers. For that
reason, they have tried to distort the true faith and turned to
idolatry. Regardless of time and place, such people have