Page 364 - Learning from the Qur'an

EXAMPLES OF THE DISBELIEVING
CHARACTERS DESCRIBED
IN THE QUR'AN

THOSE WHO TAKE THE CREATED
ONES AS GODS
Say: 'Have you thought about those you call upon apart from
Allah? Show me what they have created on the earth. Or do they
have a partnership in the heavens? Produce a Book for me before
this one or a shred of knowledge if you are telling the truth.'
(Qur'an, 46:4)
If you ask them, 'Who created the heavens and the earth?', they will
say, 'Allah.'Say: 'So what do you think? If Allah desires harm for
me, can those you call upon besides Allah remove His harm? Or
if He desires mercy for me, can they withhold His mercy?'Say:
'Allah is enough for me. All those who truly trust put their trust
in Him.' (Qur'an, 39:38)
Say: 'Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth?' Say: 'Allah.'
Say: 'So why have you taken protectors apart from Him who
possess no power to help or harm themselves?' Say: 'Are the blind
and seeing equal? Or are darkness and light the same? Or have
they assigned partners to Allah Who create as He creates, so that
all creating seems the same to them?' Say: 'Allah is the Creator of
everything. He is the One, the All-Conquering.' (Qur'an, 13:16)
What then of Him Who is standing over every self seeing
everything it does? Yet still they associate others with Allah! Say:
'Name them! Or would you inform Him of something in the earth
He does not know, or are they words which are simply guesswork
on your part?' However, the plotting of those who do not believe
seems good to them and they bar the way. Anyone misguided by
Allah has no guide (Qur'an, 13:33)

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