Page 91 - The Worst Slander: Idolatry

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satan's suggestions and makes them his playthings.
Through this "weapon," he directs the idolaters as he
chooses and leads them into misguidance.
Allah bestows such feelings as love, fear, trust, need,
and protection upon people from the moment of their
Creation. People are to use them to gain Allah's approval,
follow His path, and defend and engage in goodness and
truth. However, if these emotions are diverted away from
their true purpose which is clearly revealed in the Qur'an,
they come to represent a force that propels a person toward
satan and idolatry.
If these feelings are directed toward good, which is their
true purpose, they lead one toward faith, purity, and Allah;
if directed toward evil, they lead one toward idolatry. In the
first case, the believers can expect their reward from Allah.
In the second case, that of attributing a divine nature to
man-made entities or personal desires, the unbelievers can
expect only Allah's disapproval and punishment.
As we will later mention that all love, praise, exaltation,
fear, respect, trust, and requests for help should be direct-
ed to Allah, for there is no other source and provider of all
things, and no other possessor of actual superiority and
beauty, knowledge and power. By unwisely ascribing even
one of these divine attributes to that which is not Him, one
reveals himself or herself to be an idolater.
We will now examine the emotions of love, fear, and
seeking aid to see how failing to control them through one's
reason and basing one's life and actions upon them can
lead to idolatry.