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only because He provides it with the necessary health and
sustenance, and makes it laugh and cry. In short, every-
thing, except Allah, is infinitely helpless, impoverished,
needy, and has no real power or abilities of its own.
Therefore, apart from Allah, there is nobody to trust or ask
for help. Rejecting this truth and trusting in causes, inter-
mediaries, and people means that one thinks they have
independent power and will; in short, this is idolatry. Allah
reveals in the Qur'an:
They have taken deities besides Allah so that, perhaps,
they may be helped. They cannot help them, even
though they are an army mobilized in their support.
(Surah Ya Sin: 74-75)
The Prophet Muhammad (May Allah bless him and grant
him peace) warned his companions against seeking help
from others than Allah. At-Tabarani reports:
In the time of the Prophet (May Allah bless him and grant
him peace) there was a hypocrite who used to harm the
believers, and some of them said: "Come, let us seek aid
from the Messenger of Allah (May Allah bless him and
grant him peace) against this hypocrite." But the Prophet
(May Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: "Aid
must not be sought from me; aid must only be sought
from Allah (swt)." (Kitaab At-Tawheed (The Book of
Tawheed), Shaikh Imam Muhammad Abdul-Wahhaab,
Translated by Sameh Strauch, International Islamic
Publishing House, Chapter: 12)
In the Qur'an Allah reveals that the idolaters are soon
enslaved by their own man-made deities by putting their